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Dump truck loses load, closes River Road in Chesterfield

Posted at 2:23 PM, Jul 05, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-05 17:57:34-04

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A stretch of River Road in Chesterfield County wasclosed Thursday afternoon after a dump truck spilled its load.

Lt. Don Story with Chesterfield Police said the wreck happened in the 20200 block of River Road near the Amelia County line.

“The dump truck has dropped its load of gravel,” Story tweeted.

Officials said that no one was injured.

The road was closed for several hours while crews work to clean up the several tons of gravel, officials said.

By 2:45 p.m., the road had reopened.

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