STAFFORD, Va. — A Richmond woman was killed early Sunday morning on Interstate 95, according to Virginia State Police.
Tamara Eddy, 24, of Richmond, died when her Subaru hit the back of a Freightliner tractor-trailer that had stopped in the center lane for an unrelated crash, police said.
The fatal crash happened at about 1:06 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, at the 146-mile marker on Interstate 95 north in Stafford.
Eddy graduated from VCU in 2025 where she studied biology with a focus on bats, according to a VCU News article about her.
She loved river sports and the outdoors, according to friends who reached out to CBS 6 after learning of her death.
Eddy had previously worked at Ripple Ray’s restaurant in Carytown in Richmond.
"Some people leave behind an energy you can still feel long after they walk out the door. Tam was one of those people," Ripple Ray’s posted on social media."We just saw her a few days ago and shared one of those extra long hugs that somehow means more when you look back on it later. I’ll remember her dancing around the bar, her huge smile, and that little giggle she’d do when something genuinely cracked her up. She was such a beautiful human. Truly brilliant. Curious about the world, full of life, and so incredibly smart."
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured. The crash remains under investigation.
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