CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — One person is dead and another is fighting for their life after a crash on Meadowville Road Thursday morning.
Chesterfield Police said the crash happened around 10 a.m. when a person driving a Toyota Tundra with utility trailer tried to pass a Freightliner on a double-yellow line portion of the road.
An oncoming car forced the truck to move back into its lane, but as it merged back, they clipped the tractor-trailer. The contact caused the Tundra to go over the guardrail and down an embankment before landing on its roof in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295.
Police said the passenger in the Tundra was killed and the driver was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The passenger was later identified as 54-year-old Kenneth L. Piggee of Petersburg.
The southbound lanes of I-295 at milemarker 16 were closed for over an hour before one of the lanes reopened. Police said Meadowville Road will remain closed they continue to investigate the crash.
Anyone with information can contact the Chesterfield County Police Department at (804) 748-1251, call the Crime Solvers at (804) 748-0660 or submit a tip through the P3 app.
This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can email newstips@wtvr.com to send a tip.
