SUFFOLK, Va. β Virginia State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning in the northbound lanes of the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge Tunnel.
A Freightliner was traveling northbound on the MMBT when it slowed due to traffic, according to police.
A second Freightliner, loaded with lumber, was unable to stop in time and struck the first tractor trailer.
The tractor trailer carrying lumber then caught fire.
The driver of the second tractor trailer, Marvin Tucker, 52, of Whitakers, North Carolina, was charged with following too closely.
No one was injured in the crash.
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