HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal multi-vehicle crash on I-95 Northbound at mile marker 81.5 Thursday afternoon.

Elisabeth Mary Rumford, 28, of Richmond, crashed into the back of a Ram 3500 service truck that was stopped in traffic. That vehicle was then pushed into a Ford truck.

State police say Rumford was driving in the left lane and did not notice traffic slowing due to a vehicle fire further north.

Rumford died of his injuries at the scene. The driver of the service truck suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to hospital. The driver of the truck was uninjured.

The crash closed the northbound lanes near the Route 1 exit (mile marker 81) for several hours.

The accident remains under investigation.

: CONNECT WITH US

Facebook|Instagram|X|nature|TikTok