(Jun 05, 2014, (WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJLA))) - Three residents of the local area were killed and one was seriously injured in a freeway crash in Washington County Tuesday evening.
According to Virginia State police, Abenezer D. Thewdros, 19, and Abel N. Avele, 19, both of Arlington, and Alemu S. Ameha, 25, of Alexandria, were killed when a Toyota Avalon ran off the side of the I-81 freeway near the 34-mile marker and slammed into a tractor-trailer parked on the side of the road.
State police were called to the scene of the accident at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday. Trooper R.W. Addison said a tractor-trailer traveling south on I-81 experienced a flat tire, and pulled off to the side of the road to inspect the tire.
As the tractor-trailer's driver and passenger were walking back to the cab of the truck to inspect the tire, a Toyota Avalon ran off the left side of I-81. Read more from abc News »
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| A medical helicopter transports the sole survivor of the crash from the Toyota to a hospital. (Photo: Ted Overbay/WJHL) |
State police were called to the scene of the accident at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday. Trooper R.W. Addison said a tractor-trailer traveling south on I-81 experienced a flat tire, and pulled off to the side of the road to inspect the tire.
As the tractor-trailer's driver and passenger were walking back to the cab of the truck to inspect the tire, a Toyota Avalon ran off the left side of I-81. Read more from abc News »
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