Crime & Safety
Driver Arrested, VA Trooper Hospitalized After Crash On I-395
Virginia State Police say a trooper's car and another vehicle were hit by a driver who had been reported going the wrong way on I-95.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA – One person has been arrested and a Virginia State Trooper has been hospitalized after a reported wrong-way crash on Fairfax County’s I-395 express lanes.
According to Virginia State Police, troopers were alerted around 7:40 p.m. Thursday to a vehicle said to be driving north on Prince William County’s I-95 express lanes, which are for southbound traffic at that time.
A trooper found the vehicle on I-395 in Fairfax County and entered the highway ahead of it. The vehicle then crashed into the trooper’s car and a third vehicle.
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The driver was taken into custody. The driver and the trooper were both taken to a hospital to be assessed.
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