The driver of a tractor-trailer is dead after a crash on Interstate 495, authorities said.
Police responded to a car crash in Fairfax County, at 6 a.m. on Sunday. The tractor-trailer was traveling north on I-495 when the driver ran off the road and struck a guardrail and a pole near Exit 44/Georgetown Pike, the Virginia State Police said in a statement.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as Damaree D. Sanders, 33, of Raeford, North Carolina.
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The crash blocked several lanes on the interstate and caused traffic on Sunday morning.
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.
