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SUFFOLK, VA – (Update) -At approximately 11:26 a.m. on Friday, May 2, 2025, the Suffolk Emergency Communications Center received a report of an overturned vehicle on fire in the 4400 block of Bridge Road.

Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded promptly and arrived on the scene to find an overturned dump truck that had fallen from the Interstate 664 overpass and caught fire.

Suffolk Fire & Rescue advises that the vehicle fire was under control at 11:38 a.m. It was determined that the driver of the dump truck was traveling northbound on Interstate 664 when they lost control of the vehicle, overturn and landed on the northbound lane of Bridge Road. The driver of the truck was the single occupant and decline medical treatment. No other vehicles were involved. 

Due to displacement of diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid, the area is being treated for hazardous materials by Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Department of Environmental Quality, and Suffolk Fire & Rescue Hazardous Material Team. The Virginia Department of Transportation is managing the lane closures on 664 in both directions. 

Bridge Road is expected to be closed for an extended period of time and detours are in place for those travelling in the area.