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Tractor-trailer crash shuts down US-460 in Isle of Wight

Posted at 7:11 AM, May 12, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-12 09:59:03-04

Tractor-trailer crash in Isle of Wight County | Courtesy: Virginia State Police

ISLE OF WIGHT Co., Va. – A tractor-trailer crash closed all lanes of US-460 on Friday morning for several hours.

Virginia State Police say the crash occurred at 2 a.m. in the vicinity of Stave Mill Road.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Kevin M. Miles of Amherst, Virginia, fell asleep at the wheel, ran off the right shoulder and hit a tree.

The tree then fell into the road and was hit by David Jones of Virginia Beach and Patrick Archer of Sterling. Both of those drivers were uninjured.

Miles was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.