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North Stafford wreck injures three
Three injured in three-vehicle collision that closes I-95 northbound for nearly an hour
Date published: 11/2/2009 By Pamela Gould A Triangle teen was charged with reckless driving yesterday after a three-vehicle collision on Interstate 95 northbound in North Stafford that left three people injured, state Trooper Helmes Jaime said. The 17-year-old was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer when he apparently lost control of it on the rain-slickened on-ramp from eastbound Garrisonville Road about 1 p.m., Jaime said. The teen apparently overcorrected, and the Explorer spun into the right lane of northbound I-95 where it was struck on the passenger side by a northbound Ryder rental truck driven by 45-year-old Anthony Tyrone Proctor of Fairmount Heights, Md., Jaime said. The rental truck overturned and landed beneath the Garrisonville Road overpass blocking the right and center lanes. As it rolled, it crossed into the path of a 2001 Honda CR-V driven by 67-year-old Freddie Lee Smith of Dumfries. The CR-V struck the rental truck and then traveled off the left side of the road and up an embankment, Jaime said. Three people were taken to local hospitals. Proctor and the 17-year-old Explorer driver were taken to Stafford Hospital Center. A 16-year-old in the front passenger seat of the Explorer had to be cut out of that vehicle before being flown to Mary Washington Hospital, Jaime said. Northbound I-95 was closed for about an hour as a result of the wreck. The teen's charge was for failure to maintain control of the vehicle, Jaime said. --Pamela Gould
Read more stories about Stafford Date published: 11/2/2009
correction
(posted by
pensfan71
, Nov. 2, 2009 3:53 pm)
that 83 had a 2.8l in it....
big trucks
(posted by
pensfan71
, Nov. 2, 2009 3:51 pm)
are safer for teens than the little coffin-like civics and corollas. harder to speed in them, wider wheel base, better visibility, all good things for inexperienced drivers....4x4 is a plus as well. you get these kids trying to treat their parents suv's like they are race cars and you get problems. i learned on an '83 ranger 4x4 with a 2.6l v6. i learned real quick how to brake in the rain after i locked the rear up on rt 3 one good time, kids treat these newer model vehicles like theyre indestructable
Not Required By Law
(posted by
Fredjust
, Nov. 2, 2009 3:12 pm)
There is no laws I'm aware of that require officers to charge people except for domestic violence. Sounds like the trooper was just justifying VSP *policy.*
It is the Driver not the Vehicle
(posted by
82Ranger
, Nov. 2, 2009 2:59 pm)
My son drove our F150 Supercab 4wd. It was wide, long and
tall. He liked it because he said it had "road respect". I liked it
because it was durable. No accidents, no tickets and no driving
issues because he was a good driver and we monitored his
driving.
17 year olds don't have much experience...
(posted by
Mandrake
, Nov. 2, 2009 1:38 pm)
in anything..and certainly not driving. Chalk it up to a lesson learned.My last auto accident ocurred when I was 17 and yes, I acted stupidly by drinking some and then speeding. I obviously don't drink and drive any longer because I learned my lesson. If the kid is smart he'll learn his lesson because he knows what he did wrong in retrospect.
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