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Hampton University Track Team Involved In I-64 Crash, 15 Injured

WTOP.com reports that a multiple-vehicle chain-reaction car crash on Interstate 64 left 15 people with injures on April 4, 2009. The crash involved a van carrying 15 members of the Hampton University track team, 11 of whom were injured in the wreck. The accident took place in the late morning, briefly slowing the morning commute traffic.

The crash took place near Hampton, VA. Although the investigation is continuing, police say that a delivery truck was driving recklessly and initially caused the traffic accident. However, two vans following behind the delivery truck were not driving at safe distances from the vehicle, causing further trouble on I-65 as several cars were not able to stop in time to avoid the wreckage in front of them.

Four people aside from the Hampton University track team were injured in the accident. However, authorities have reported that no one suffered life-threatening injuries.

According to Virginia State Police Sergeant Scott Edelman, three different drivers have been given citations for driving offenses in the hours after the crash. Kenneth Briggs of Norfolk, Virginia, was driving a delivery truck and was charged with reckless driving. Aldrin Gray of Hampton, Virginia, was driving a van and was charged with following at an unsafe distance. Finally, Elizabeth Neher of Falls Church, Virginia, was also charged with following in her van at an unsafe distance.

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