41-vehicle pileup in Virginia injures 10 people

[August 12, 2013]  LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Police are investigating a 41-vehicle pileup in Virginia that injured at least 10 people.

The state's Department of Transportation says in a news release that the pileup occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 81 in the Lexington area of Rockbridge County. Six tractor-trailers were involved in the pileup.

The multivehicle wreck shut down the southbound lanes for about six hours, causing a five-mile backup.

Rockbridge County Emergency Management coordinator Robert Foresman tells media outlets that two tractor-trailers and a camper overturned.

The cause of the pileup remains under investigation.

[Associated Press]

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