VIDEO: Dump truck’s trailer hits overhead support beam, breaks off into travel lane

Video courtesy of Amir Jeffery/ABC News

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Video obtained by ABC News shows a dump truck’s trailer breaking off into traffic after hitting an overhead support beam on a section of Interstate 66 West in Fairfax County.

On Monday, May 6, at around 3:30 p.m., Virginia State Police responded to a crash in the westbound lanes of I-66, at the Fairfax County Parkway overpass, where a dump truck had been traveling west on I-66.

According to authorities, the vehicle’s trailer was upright and struck the overhead support beam for the westbound I-66 to southbound Fairfax County Parkway ramp, which caused the trailer to break off and land in the travel lane.

The driver of the truck was not injured in the crash. No other vehicles were damaged, according to officials.

According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, two sets of bridge inspectors examined the structure, with inspectors with the department clearing the scene at 5:19 p.m. Monday. At 5:36 p.m., inspectors for the Express Lanes cleared the scene.

The crash remains under investigation, according to Virginia State Police.

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