Crash following police chase snarls traffic on I-95
south near Springfield
All southbound lanes of Interstate 95 are open near Springfield
after a driver in a stolen car fleeing state police slammed into a tanker truck
in Newington Friday morning.
The 95 Express Lanes reversed to southbound early following the
wreck near mile marker 167 near Fairfax County Parkway.
State police say the incident began just before 8 a.m. when a
trooper attempted to stop a Nissan stolen out of Maryland traveling west on
Interstate 495 headed towards southbound I-95 (Exit 170C). The Nissan
refused to stop and sped away and a pursuit was initiated, state police
spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.
As the
Nissan was traveling south on I-95, the driver lost control and struck a tanker
truck at Exit 166 for Fairfax County Parkway, Geller said. The Nissan then
continued across the southbound lanes and struck the Jersey wall.
The man
driving the Nissan was flown to INOVA Fairfax Hospital for treatment of
life-threatening injuries, she said.