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Driver charged in tractor-trailer crash that shut down I-95 in Richmond

Online Niel November 7, 2024

RICHMOND, Va. — Interstate 95 South in Richmond has reopened after a tractor-trailer carrying industrial-sized rolls of paper crashed closing all lanes near Broad Street at mile marker 75.3 Thursday morning.

It is near the I-95 and I-64 interchange, and the affected area stretches from Belvidere Street to the Bryan Park interchange.

Tractor-trailer accident on I-95 in Richmond

“At approximately 2:30 a.m., troopers arrived on scene to find the tractor-trailer on its side. The driver, Savanna Purdue, 33, of North Carolina, was traveling southbound in the left lane when the incident occurred. “The Purdue was en route to North Carolina when the load it was carrying shifted, causing the tractor-trailer to overturn,” a Virginia State Police spokesman said. “She is charged with reckless driving and improper overtaking.”