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Updated: 5:43 PM Feb 2, 2012
One Killed in Tractor-trailer Wrecks on I-81
SALEM, Va. (AP) A section of Interstate 81 in Virginia remains closed following a chain-reaction tractor-trailer crash that killed a Pennsylvania man. The first tractor-trailer spilled thioglycol, a toxic chemical.
Posted: 7:43 AM Feb 2, 2012Reporter: Rachel Ryan Email Address: rachel.ryan@newsplex.com |
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February 2, 2012
A section of Interstate 81 in Virginia remains closed following a chain-reaction tractor-trailer crash that killed a Pennsylvania man.
Virginia State Police tell media outlets that a northbound tractor-trailer hit a guardrail and overturned. Another tractor-trailer hit that vehicle and overturned in the median. It was struck by a third tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes.
The first tractor-trailer spilled thioglycol, a toxic chemical.
The Virginia Department of Transportation says the wrecks occurred near mile marker 167 in Botetourt County just after 2 a.m. Thursday.
State Police identified the victim as 51-year-old Wayne Richie Kratzer of Mifflintown, Pa. Kratzer was driving one of the northbound tractor-trailers.
Traffic is being detoured onto Route 11.
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