Tractor Trailer Overturns on I-295, Tumbling Thousands of Pounds of Peppers and Tomatoes



Tractor Trailer Overturns on I-295, Tumbling Thousands of Pounds of Peppers and Tomatoes



HENRICO COUNTY, VA - Fruit, veggie, or carnage along the interstate? Tousled tomatoes and peppers presented a grisly scene, to be sure, this weekend, after a truck carrying those tomatoes and peppers upended—tumbling thousands of pounds in fresh produce along the side of the highway.

The accident occurred along the side of a ramp on Interstate-295 in Henrico County, Virginia, and a ramp from Interstate-295 north to I-64 east remained closed for hours after the single-car incident as crews worked to clear the crash and its contents.

The overturned tractor trailer (Photo Credit: Virginia State Police)

Virginia State Police told local ABC affiliate WRIC that speed had been a factor in the incident, and the driver and a passenger were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

No word was forthcoming on the contents of the trailer.

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