CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A person was killed after two tractor-trailers crashed on an interstate in Chesapeake Friday, according to Virginia State Police (VSP).
The crash happened on Interstate 664 north, around 500 feet north of Interstate 64 east.
The initial investigation indicated that a driver of a tractor-trailer was parked on the right closed shoulder of the interstate asleep when someone driving another tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on I-64 toward I-664 north and ran off the roadway, striking the parked tractor-trailer.
More details were provided by a spokesperson on Saturday who said the driver of a 2023 Freightliner tractor trailer had stopped on the closed right shoulder to sleep. 59-year-old Ricky M. Batten was driving a 2019 Peterbilt tractor trailer northbound on Interstate 664, when he ran off right and struck the Freightliner in the rear.
Ricky M. Batten, a resident of Norfolk, died at the scene. Zion Redding of Indiana, the operator of the 2023 Freightliner was charged with stopping and sleeping on the interstate.
All lanes of traffic in the eastbound lanes were stopped for the investigation, according to VSP.
The Virginia Department of Transportation assisted with redirecting traffic.
