HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal multi-vehicle crash on I-95 Northbound at the 81.5-mile marker Thursday afternoon.
Elisabeth Mary Rumford, 28, of Richmond, crashed into the rear of a Ram 3500 service truck that was stopped in traffic. That vehicle was then pushed into a Ford pickup truck.
State Police say Rumford was driving in the left lane, and failed to notice traffic slowing due to a vehicle fire further north.
Rumford died from her injuries at the scene. The drive of the service truck suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital. The drive of the pickup truck was uninjured.
The crash closed northbound lanes near the Route 1 exit (mile marker 81) for a few hours.
The crash remains under investigation.
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