TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT CLOSES PORTION OF CAROLINA ROAD
SUFFOLK, VA (June 15, 2015) Suffolk Police and Suffolk Fire & Rescue personnel are currently on the scene of a two vehicle accident in the 900 block of Carolina Road that had completely closed the roadway to northbound and southbound traffic.
Emergency Communications received the call at 4:11 p.m. advising of the accident involving a U. S. Mail truck and an empty tanker truck. A power pole and power lines were also down across the roadway and crews from Dominion Virginia Power are currently on scene.
Suffolk Fire & Rescue and EMS crews provided emergency medical assessment at the scene and the adult male driver of the U. S. Mail truck was airlifted by Nightingale to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The adult male driver of the tanker was ground transported to Sentara Obici Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Traffic was detoured for approximately an hour at the Southwest Suffolk Bypass Ramp and northbound at Carolina Road onto Turlington Road. The southbound lane is now open and traffic will be alternated. The northbound lane will remain closed as crews continue to work to remove the vehicles and power lines from the roadway.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.