Tractor trailer crash with smoke shuts lanes on highway, Staunton VA

Traffic

Reported: 11/14/2025 01:42 AM

I-81, Staunton, VA

A tractor trailer crashed on I-81 south near mile marker 217 and is leaking and smoking. Two lanes were closed while fire and rescue teams responded to the scene. The vehicle was jackknifed and resting on the road near the exit.

Audio|Source: Staunton Area Public Safety

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Transcript:

00:00

Report of a motor vehicle accident at mile marker 217 on I-81 south.

00:05

A tractor trailer went off the road onto the median.

00:07

It is leaking and smoking.

00:10

Fire and rescue units are en route.

00:11

State police, please stand by.

00:18

Motor vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer on I-81 southbound near mile marker 217.

00:29

Thank you.

00:53

Rescue units and trauma teams are responding.

00:59

Motor vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer on I-81 southbound at mile marker 217.

01:18

Engine 101, you are responding.

01:23

Engine 101 and Rescue, both units responding.

01:27

At mile marker 217 southbound, just before the exit,

01:31

a tractor trailer pulled over into the median.

01:35

It appears to be smoking. The caller asked the occupants if they were injured, but received no answer.

01:47

Unit 255 responding.

01:49

Trauma unit and engine 2525 responding.

01:59

Medics 52 responding.

02:01

Medic 52 responding.

02:09

Yes.

02:10

291, 298.

02:22

Caller at Lynnhurst Road hung up after providing partial location information.

02:28

History shows this phone uses the provided address.

02:36

I have to stop.

02:44

Engine 101 on the scene with a single tractor trailer jackknifed and resting on the road near the exit.

02:50

Two lanes are shut down in the southbound direction.

02:58

Engine 101 is on scene with the jackknifed tractor trailer.

03:02

Two lanes closed. Lieutenant Brown is in command.

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