HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A Richmond truck driver was killed in a crash that closed lanes on Interstate 95 North in Henrico County on Thursday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
"At 4:33 a.m. Virginia State Police was dispatched to a two-vehicle crash northbound Interstate 95 at the Parham Road exit (mile marker 84) in Henrico County," a Virginia State Police spokesperson wrote. "A 2018 Freightliner was stopped on the shoulder when a 2019 International MV 607 truck ran off the road and rear-ended the stopped Freightliner."
Jeremy James Batty, the 37-year-old driver of the 2019 International died in the crash, police said. He was wearing a seatbelt.
"The driver of the Freightliner, a 32-year-old man from Fayetteville, N.C., was transported to VCU Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries," police said. "He was not wearing a seatbelt. He was charged with improper stopping on the interstate."
Travel lanes reopened before 9 a.m.
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