Fredericksburg, Va. –– A New Jersey man was charged in a pile up that snarled traffic on Interstate 95 this afternoon.
A tractor trailer slammed into the rear of an SUV just as it crossed the Rappahannock River from Stafford County into Fredericksburg about 5 p.m. The force of the crash caused the SUV to collide with two other vehicles in front of it.
No one was seriously injured, but the crash closed all three southbound lanes of the highway for a brief time. That prompted police to urge drivers to take alternate routes around the crash scene as traffic backed up.
The lanes were reopened just before 6 p.m.
The driver of the tractor trailer, Alberto Daldessandro, 55, of New Jesery, was charged with following too closely, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Les Tyler.
