A Maine couple heading north on I-81 on Saturday got caught up in an accident involving a tractor-trailer falling off a bridge, leading to one of the couple dying.
Mark J. Fanning, 76, of Buxton, Maine, died at the scene of the 6:17 a.m. accident.
According to Virginia State Police, a 2016 Mack tractor-trailer traveling west on Interstate 64 was taking the ramp to merge onto I-81 south, ran off the right side of the road and went through the guardrail.
The trailer landed in the northbound lanes of I-81, where it struck a 2017 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck driven by Cynthia L. Fanning, 58, also of Buxton, Maine, who was transported for treatment of serious injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Ronald W. Wenger, 59, of Broadway, was transported for treatment of serious injuries.
Wenger has been charged with reckless driving. The crash remains under investigation.
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