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NEWPORT NEWS, VA – A driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his semi trailer truck on a highway in Virginia early Tuesday morning, June 15. The truck accident occurred near Newport News, VA on Interstate 64 where it intersects with J. Clyde Morris Boulevard. The accident area is the far southeast corner of the state across the bay from the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Virginia Beach metro region, about 80 miles southeast of Richmond, VA and about 57 miles north of Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

At around 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning Wilbert Reynolds of Baltimore, Maryland was driving a semi trailer truck north on Interstate 64 in Virginia. As the driver traveled through Newport News where the interstate passes over J. Clyde Morris Blvd. he apparently fell asleep and lost control of the 18 wheeler truck.

The semi trailer went off the interstate and crashed into the guardrail at the side of the road. The trailer truck then rolled over on its side and landed in a ditch. No other vehicles or persons were involved in the rollover truck accident.

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Local emergency personnel and law enforcement officers responded to the scene of the truck accident. The driver, Mr. Reynolds, was apparently not injured in the one vehicle collision and did not require transport to a hospital. Police immediately shut down at least one of the northbound traffic lanes on the interstate.

The police officers talked to Mr. Reynolds and after hearing his version of the incidents leading up to the truck accident charged him with reckless driving. It is not known if the driver was required to submit to a field sobriety test or toxicology screening.

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A second semi trailer was brought to the scene of the truck accident so that crews could offload the cargo from the disabled rig. When the trailer of the overturned truck was empty workers got it back on its wheels and towed it off the interstate.

The truck accident caused significant delays on the interstate, tying up traffic for miles during Tuesday morning’s commuter rush hours. The accident affected the northbound lanes of the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel which feeds onto I-64, backing up traffic for five miles to College Drive. Eastbound traffic was also backed up on the Midtown Tunnel with delays reaching back one mile to the Western Freeway/Route 164.

The interstate lanes were reopened at around 9:00 a.m. Tuesday and traffic began to flow more freely.

At this time it is not known if the additional charges will be brought against the truck driver. The truck accident is still under investigation.

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