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50,000 pounds of peas spill onto I-66 in tractor-trailer crash

By Gabby Allen,

2024-05-19

FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. ( DC News Now ) — A crash on I-66 in Fauquier County on Friday caused thousands of pounds of peas to spill out onto the westbound lanes.

Virginia State Police (VSP) said the single-vehicle crash happened at 8:10 a.m. on I-66 at the 24-mile marker. An International tractor-trailer was traveling west when a car made an unsafe lane change, causing the trailer to run off the left side of the road, collide with a guardrail and overturn in the median.

At the time, the tractor-trailer was hauling 50,000 pounds of peas, causing them to spill out onto the roadway.

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The cleanup caused the westbound lanes to close for several hours.

The driver, a 54-year-old man from Suffolk, Va., was not hurt in the crash. He was wearing a seatbelt at the time, a VSP spokeswoman said.

The crash remains under investigation.

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