Multi-vehicle wreck closes I-85 north in Dinwiddie

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. -- A multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer has closed Interstate 85 north in Dinwiddie County Thursday afternoon.

"Traffic is being diverted off of Exit 39, onto Route 712, onto US-1, onto Route 40, and back onto I-85," VDOT officials wrote.

Traffic, which was backed up 1 mile as of about 3:30 p.m., was getting by via the left shoulder.

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