Virginia: State troopers injured in several crashes in Central VA
Virginia Law Enforcement
One trooper was seriously injured in Chesterfield responding to a two-vehicle crash on 288. The trooper and two other people were hit when another vehicle ran off the road, killing one of the pedestrian
A trooper was hit in Hanover County while in his vehicle on I-295. The trooper suffered minor injuries.
In Henrico, a sergeant was assisting a person who's Jeep had spun out when a Camaro spun out and hit the Jeep into the Jeep's driver. A third vehicle then struck the sergeant's car. The sergeant was not injured, but one person was taken to VCU Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and two others with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police also responded to several fatal crashes on Monday. One person was killed when they crossed the center line in Fauquier County and struck a snow plow head on. Another person died in Loudoun County when a vehicle rear-ended a backhoe. Both crashes remain under investigation, but police say slick road conditions are a factor.