CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. — One person was killed and two others were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash closed all lanes of Interstate 95 north in Caroline County for several hours on Saturday afternoon.
Virginia State Police were called to the crash near mile marker 115, a few miles north of Ladysmith Road, just before noon. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Multiple witnesses described watching a gold SUV traveling at a high rate of speed on the left shoulder of I-95 south before losing control, crossing the median and slamming into oncoming traffic on I-95 north.
Eyewitnesses described the collision as horrific.
"It went down, and then it went up, and then just flew across the entire median across onto oncoming traffic going the opposite direction," Christina Baker said. "I started screaming, saying, 'Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.'"
State police warned that lanes would likely be "closed for an extended period of time."
"Expect major travel delays and avoid I-95 in this area," VDOT officials said.
Traffic was detoured off I-95 north at the Ladysmith exit (110) in Caroline, where drivers can take Ladysmith Road to Route 1 north and then re-enter I-95 at the Thornburg exit (118) or Spotsylvania exit (126).
VDOT also urged drivers to use alternate routes like Route 207/Route 301 north.
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