Driver charged in tractor-trailer crash that closed I-95 in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. – Interstate 95 South in Richmond has reopened after a tractor-trailer carrying industrial-sized rolls of paper closed all lanes at Broad Street at mile marker 75.3 Thursday morning.

That’s near the intersection of I-95 and I-64 and the affected area extended from Belvidere Street to the Bryan Park interchange.

Virginia State Police

“At approximately 2:30 a.m., troopers arrived on scene and found the tractor-trailer on its side. The driver, 33-year-old Savanna Purdue of North Carolina, was traveling southbound in the left lane when the incident occurred. Purdue was on his way back to North Carolina when the load she was carrying shifted, causing the tractor-trailer to overturn,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said “She is charged with reckless driving and improper passing.”

Virginia State Police

No one was injured in the crash, which remains under investigation.

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