Tractortrailer driver charged with involuntary manslaughter after Augusta woman killed in I64 crash in Albemarle
Oct 27, 2026
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A tractor-trailer driver has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after an Augusta County woman died following a crash on Interstate 64 in Albemarle County early Tuesday morning.
At around 12:51 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, Virginia State Police and the Albemarle
County Fire and Rescue were called to I-64, just a couple of miles from the Route 250 exit, after reports of a tractor-trailer that hit a vehicle.
The vehicle collided with a gooseneck trailer in front of it. The driver, 58-year-old Sally Tripp of Augusta's Fisherville area, was taken to a local hospital in serious condition, where she later died.
The tractor-trailer driver, 30-year-old Nachalie Burgos of New Jersey, was charged with felony involuntary manslaughter, failure to obey a highway sign and driving too fast for conditions.
She is being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail without bond.
Albemarle County Police Department’s Traffic Unit continues to investigate the cause of the crash.
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