LIGHTFOOT, Va. — A driver was taken to the hospital after a tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 64 on Thursday.
According to Virginia State Police, the accident happened around 4:48 p.m. on eastbound I-64, near the Lightfoot Road exit in James City County.
Based on a preliminary investigation, the tractor-trailer ran off the roadway and hit a jersey wall, causing the truck to overturn.
The driver, 63-year-old Raymond Thomas Etheridge of Newport News, was taken to Riverside Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. State Police say Etheridge has been charged with reckless driving.
Eastbound Interstate 64 was shut down for several hours due to the possibility of a hazmat spill. Virginia State Police said the roadway was reopened shortly before 9 p.m.
