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Man dies in early-morning Interstate 81 crash in Wythe County

Crash happened as tractor-trailer tried to get onto I-77

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WYTHE COUNTY, Va. – State police are investigating a deadly crash that happened early Friday morning on Interstate 81.

At about 4:30 a.m. on the Exit 72 ramp toward I-77 North, a 2006 Kenworth tractor-trailer ran off the left side of the road, hit the guardrail and flipped over, according to state police.

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The driver, Kenneth Nelson, 55, of Forest, Ohio, died at the scene.


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