HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A road rage shooting led to a crash that killed a grandfather on Interstate 295 in Henrico County, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
Virginia State Police said the incident between two tractor-trailers happened Friday around 11:30 p.m. along I-295 south at mile marker 25. That is where the interstate meets Route 895 in eastern Henrico.
A tractor-trailer was traveling in the interstate's left lane when a second tractor-trailer in the center lane made contact with the victim’s truck, forcing it off the road, according to Sgt. Jessica B. Shehan.
The driver of a semi headed northbound witnessed the wreck, exited the interstate and then approached the scene. That is where they found the victim slumped over the steering wheel, officials said.
"A responding trooper initiated CPR, but the driver was later pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel," Shehan said. "Several bullet holes were discovered on the passenger side of the victim’s tractor unit."
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Troopers identified the driver as 58-year-old Silvio Sobrinho of Revere, Mass.
The truck that hit the victim was described as a white tractor-trailer with green lettering, Shehan said.
“This is an active and ongoing investigation,” Capt. Brien Frey with state police's Richmond Bureau of Criminal Investigation wrote. “We urge anyone with information or dashcam footage related to this incident to come forward and assist law enforcement.”
Sobrinho's family has established a GoFundMe to benefit his wife and daughters after their "unimaginable loss."
"Sobrinho was not only just a hard-working man but a loving father with an enormous heart," the statement reads. "Their beloved husband and father, the sole provider of their family, left for work as usual — only for them to receive the devastating call that he would not be coming home."
Anyone with additional information was urged to call the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 804-750-8758, #77 from a cell phone, or email bci.81@vsp.virginia.gov.
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