HAMPTON, Va. — Virginia State Police said a tanker truck driver died Monday morning after his truck hit a car that had broken down and was on the shoulder of Interstate 64.
Tuesday morning, they had released the identity of the 60-year-old man: Michael Tyron Terrell of Gordonsville, Virginia.
Sgt. Michelle Anaya said the crash happened on the eastbound side of I-64 past the exit for Hampton Roads Center Parkway shortly before 2:40 a.m.
Two people were in the car that broke down. The tanker truck ran off the roadway, hit the car, and pushed it into a wooded area. Then, the tanker truck overturned into the wooded area. The man who was driving it was trapped and died.
A Hampton firefighter was hurt while crews worked to get the man out of the truck. The firefighter went to the hospital for treatment.
Anaya said the two people who were in the car that was hit (a male and a female) went to Riverside Regional Medical Center for treatment. Their injuries weren't considered life-threatening.
It took several hours for emergency workers to get the driver out of the truck. As of late Monday morning, Anaya said troopers weren't certain why the driver and the tanker truck ran off the road.
