PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. —Virginia State Police have been called to several crashes this morning on Interstate 95 in Prince William County.
More in a press release:
Shortly before 8:30 a.m., Virginia State Police Trooper J.A. Dixon was investigating a three-vehicle crash that had occurred in the southbound lanes of I-95 near Exit 150A in Prince William County. Also stopped out at the scene was a second trooper and a VDOT Safety Services Patrol vehicle. No one was injured in this crash.
At 8:34 a.m., a Nissan Frontier ran off the road and struck Trooper Dixon’s vehicle and two of the three vehicles in the original crash. Trooper Dixon was seated inside his vehicle at the time of the crash. Both the trooper and driver of the Nissan Frontier have gone to [Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center]l for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
At 8:40 a.m., a southbound 2004 Ford Ranger was making a lane change when the driver lost control and slid sideways into the VDOT Safety Services vehicle. The impact of that crash caused the VDOT truck to strike the Safety Services Patroller who was standing outside his vehicle. The Ranger then struck the other trooper’s patrol car. The Safety Services Patroller has been transported to Potomac Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Ranger, Robert Craig, 65, of Fredericksburg, was not injured in the crash. Craig has been charged with reckless driving.
Traffic backups extend on northbound I-95 from Dumfries back into Stafford County.
