A driver is dead after striking a tractor-trailer from behind on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Friday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
The driver was identified as 21-year-old Danielle Foreman, of Woodbridge.
The crash caused a major backup on the Capital Beltway on Friday morning.
Shortly before 2 a.m. Friday, Virginia State Police were called to Interstate 495 northbound near the Old Dominion overpass where a “fully loaded tractor-trailer” carrying produce was struck by a sedan.
Police said the tractor-trailer was slowing down because of traffic in the area caused by a nearby work zone when it was struck.
The sedan “came to rest underneath the tractor-trailer” and Foreman died at the scene, according to police.
Virginia State Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
