Posted on 12/04/2020 11:07:27 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A tractor-trailer crash right on the edge of Stafford County and Prince William County is causing major delays on Interstate 95.
Drivers traveling northbound will be forced to reroute due to a closure of northbound lanes at mile marker 147.
Virginia State Police responded to the crash at 10:28 a.m. They say the tractor trailer ran off the left side of the road and hit a jersey wall. The back of end of the truck came to a stop across the travel lanes.
Stafford County Fire and Rescue arrived at the scene on 10:30 a.m. for a large vehicle fire. The fire was coming from the cab of a tractor trailer that had jackknifed across the northbound lanes on I-95. The fire was under control after about 15 minutes, the fire department also contained a diesel spill.
The tractor trailer had been transporting pigs. Some of the pigs were killed in the crash.
The driver had a minor injury and was helped on the scene.
As of 1:30 p.m. VDOT says the north center lane, right lane and right shoulder are closed. Drivers are rerouting to Route 1.
Traffic is backed up for about eight miles.
VDOT says they have adjusted timing on traffic signals to allow for heavier traffic along Route 1 northbound.
In before all the barbecue jokes. 🤗
So they like pork BBQ in that area?
You must not have seen the keyword I entered when I posted :-)
Nope. Mmmmmmmm -————— bacon.
Is there a beer truck nearby?
OH NO! Were aoc, pressly, tlaib and omar okay?
Messed up way to go even for domestic swine.
Prolly enroute to the CCP owned Smithfield plant. Was the driver able to FINISH texting his girlfriend before the police arrived? A shame to have it interrupted by a crash an all.
...so what Mile Marker is the free BBQ... I have my own sauce...
After word got out, there were probably more than 400 people on the scene to look.
If any got free, it won't be long before they become undomesticated...still I agree, never good to see an animal suffer needlessly, especially when that's coupled with a waste of food.
Did the driver have a ham radio?
18 wheels of squealing tires.
That’s right over from Quantico -— you Marines hungry !!!!
Uuuummm, Bacon!
” Traffic is backed up for about eight miles. “
Byrds 1966 Eight Miles High
And minutes later was smashed into by a truck carrying a shipment of fruit bats for laboratories.
Pigs and matches-—a deadly combination.
It’s sad when any of God’s creatures suffer, unless it is a leftist, Democrat or Rino
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