One injured in Interstate 81 tractor-trailer crash

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SMYTH COUNTY (WSLS 10) - Virginia State police responded to a crash involving two-tractor on Interstate 81 in Smyth County on Tuesday afternoon.

At 3:19 p.m., at mile marker 53, state police say two tractor-trailers collided in the southbound lanes. One of the tractor-trailers was hauling a mobile home and the impact of the crash caused the vehicle to jackknife and overturn in the roadway.

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Credit: Virginia State Police

The driver of that vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The southbound lanes of I-81 were cleared and reopened by 7:15 p.m.