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Wrong-way driver crashes into on-coming traffic along Interstate 64

Posted at 1:33 PM, Sep 22, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-22 13:33:31-04

LOUISA COUNTY, Va. — The investigation into an accident that involved a wrong-way driver on Interstate 64 remained on-going Friday afternoon. Two people suffered serious injuries in the Thursday night crash.

“Virginia State Police received a call [at about 10:08 p.m. Thursday] about a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-64,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said. “A trooper was immediately dispatched to respond. Minutes later the wrong-way vehicle collided with an eastbound vehicle near the 159 mile marker [Gum Springs exit] in Louisa.”

Both drivers were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

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