HAMPTON, Va.(WVEC) — A Ford truck overturned near the J Clyde Morris Boulevard overpass due to black ice Thursday, Newport News police said.
Police received a call of a crash around 7:25 a.m. in the 500 block of J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Assistant PIO B. J. Maynard said.
Police said that a black Ford pickup truck lost control on the overpass due to black ice.
The truck overturned and the driver, a 27-year-old Hampton man, had to be extricated, Maynard said.
The driver had a few scratches from the accident but no major injuries, he said.
Traffic is blocked on westbound side of J Clyde Morris Boulevard, causing backups in the area.
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