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Early morning tractor-trailer crash creates backup in Fairfax Co.

A tractor-trailer crash on the Beltway’s outer loop ramp to southbound Interstate 95, exit 169A, in Springfield, Virginia, had all traffic stopped in the predawn hours of Saturday.

The ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Traffic Center reported the crash at around 1 a.m. and the ramp reopened just before 4 a.m. There are no reported injuries.



Driving near the crash, Robin Howard took a photo of the overturned tractor-trailer, posting the picture to Twitter and saying she called the police to report the crash. She said the driver broke through the windshield and was safe.

Howard told ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ via Twitter that, while calling police, she saw two other bystanders run up to the overturned vehicle and walk back with the driver.

Using a crane, officials with the Virginia State Police got the tractor-trailer back onto its wheels around 3 a.m., and the tractor-trailer was taken away from the crash site by 3:20 a.m.

Road crews are still clearing debris left by the crash, as seen in highway traffic cameras.

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Ian Crawford

Ian Crawford is a proud graduate of the University of Oregon, former AmeriCorps volunteer with a veterans’ service non-profit organization and, since joining ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, has been a news anchor, traffic reporter, business reporter and a producer

Hugh Garbrick

Hugh graduated from the University of Maryland’s journalism college in 2020. While studying, he interned at the Queen Anne & Magnolia ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, a local paper in Seattle, and reported for the school’s Capital ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Service. Hugh is a lifelong MoCo resident, and has listened to the local radio quite a bit.

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