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A three-vehicle crash snarled traffic on I-95 at the Garrisonville Road interchange. |
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
