A Wythe County Sheriff’s Department deputy was injured this afternoon in a crash with a tractor trailer on Interstate 77. The crash occurred at 2:17 p.m. at the 43-mile marker.
The deputy, Jack Hudson, was conducting a traffic stop on I-77 and attempting to move from the left to the right shoulder of the interstate when his vehicle was allegedly struck by a southbound tractor trailer on the rear passenger side.
Hudson received non-life-threatening injuries from the accident. He was transported to a community hospital for treatment.
The driver of the tractor trailer, Ronald Kenyon, of Richland Hills, Texas, was not injured. Kenyon was charged with reckless driving.
Virginia State Police is investigating the crash.