BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. — The drive of a tractor-trailer carrying lumber was killed in a wreck in rural Brunswick County Friday morning.
Troopers were called to the single-vehicle crash on Route 46 north of Woodley Avenue just after 9:35 a.m. according to Sgt. Michelle Anaya with Virginia State Police.
"The preliminary investigation has revealed that the driver... ran off of the roadway and struck a group of large trees," Anaya wrote. "The tractor-trailer was fully loaded with lumber."
Officials said 52-year-old John Oliver Harrison, of Lawrenceville, Virginia, died on impact.
"There is no indication that Harrison was under the influence or that speed was a factor," Anaya said.
The investigation into the cause of the wreck remains ongoing.
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