Lanes reopen on Interstate 64 eastbound after accident claims life of woman motorist; driver charged with reckless driving

A Richmond woman is dead after an March 11 morning accident on Interstate 64 eastbound near the Talleysville exit (mile marker 211).

Virginia State Police responded shortly after 9:30 a.m. when five vehicles including two tractor-trailers became involved in the accident, blocking all eastbound lanes. Just before 12 p.m., Virginia State Police confirmed Jennifer P. Wilson, 43, was killed and died at the scene.

State police say that at the time of the accident, traffic was slowing down due to a disabled vehicle. Upon decelleration, a tractor-trailer struck a pickup truck, resulting in a domino effect that struck another tractor-trailer and a van. The chain reaction continued, resulting in the truck striking a work truck and pushing Wilson’s car into another tractor-trailer. The driver of work truck was taken to a nearby medical facility with non-life threatening injuries.

Police have charged Ira Vestal, the driver of the tractor-trailer that initiated the chain reaction, with reckless driving.

As of 5 p.m., all lanes on Interstate 64 east have been reopened.

If you have details of the accident or know of any witnesses, please contact Trooper M.D. Jester at 553-3445.