A driver on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County is dead from injuries in a chain-reaction crash late Monday night that started with another driver hitting a deer.
According to Virginia State Police, the deer collision took place at 11:25 p.m. at the 108 mile marker in Albemarle County, in the Crozet area.
The Ford passenger vehicle that struck the deer became disabled in the right travel lane. A Honda passenger vehicle stopped behind the disabled Ford and was subsequently struck by a westbound tractor-trailer.
The impact of the second crash caused the Honda and tractor-trailer to leave the roadway, enter the right shoulder, and come to rest in a ditch.
The driver of the Honda, Alyssa Williams, 19, of Chester, a sophomore nursing major at JMU, was ejected from the vehicle and died from injuries sustained in the crash.
The driver of the tractor trailer, Sikander Singh, 34, of Laval, Quebec, suffered injuries and was transported to an area hospital.
Singh has been charged with reckless driving.
The driver of the Ford was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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