One injured, one charged in crash
Published 1:39 pm Friday, January 8, 2016
![Virginia State Police work the scene of a six-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 17 in Carrollton Friday morning.](https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2016/01/IMG_1274.jpg)
Virginia State Police work the scene of a six-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 17 in Carrollton Friday morning.
One person is injured and one person is charged with reckless driving after a six-vehicle crash in Carrollton that shut down U.S. Route 17 during the morning rush on Friday.
The crash occurred just after 7 a.m. According to Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Anaya, a 2012 Toyota Tacoma driven by Eric W. Blair of Smithfield was traveling northbound when he attempted to make a sudden lane change to avoid vehicles in the traffic lane.
The sudden change forced the driver of a Walgreens tractor-trailer, Darius E. Vaughan, to swerve to avoid collision with the truck, according to Anaya. As a result, the tractor-trailer lost control and overturned.
As Blair overcorrected, he struck two other vehicles. The tractor-trailer also struck two other vehicles as it overturned.
Blair has been charged with reckless driving, Anaya said.
The road was reopened shortly before 11 a.m.