SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. — All lanes on Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County near mile-marker 125 are back open Tuesday after a tractor-trailer crashed and burst into flames, Virginia State Police said.
Virginia State Police said officials responded to the crash along I-95 at the 125-mile marker just after 4:30 p.m. Once on the scene, officials said a 2022 Freightliner that was traveling northbound crashed after suffering a mechanical issue -- which caused it to catch on fire, police said.
The driver of the Freightliner, a 35-year-old male, of Virginia Beach, was not injured during the incident.
The Freightliner was carrying over 40,000 pounds of paper. Crews worked through the night Monday to clean up the paper on the interstate along with investigating the official cause of the crash. All lanes had reopened at around 11:40 p.m., according to a tweet from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Crews were eventually able to move the burning rolls of paper to dumpsters, where they were more easily extinguished.
