PETERSBURG, Va. – State police are investigating a crash that injured two people and closed a stretch of Interstate 85 north in Petersburg Saturday morning.
Troopers said they were called for a report for a wreck on the interstate around 8 a.m.
Officials said 34-year-old Rousselin Haiti of Florida had stopped his tractor-trailer on the right shoulder.
When Haiti got out of the truck, he was hit by a Honda Accord.
Haiti and the unnamed driver of the Honda were taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to troopers.
The incident closed a stretch of the interstate for about 30 minutes and backed up traffic for about a mile.
Troopers said their investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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