An Alabama man died in a tractor-trailer crash on Friday on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County.

The single-vehicle crash occurred at 2 p.m. at Toms Brook Exit 291, according to information from the state police.

David C. Wright, 66, of Crossville, was driving a 1997 Peterbilt tractor-trailer northbound on I-81 and taking the exit when the vehicle went off the left side of the ramp and overturned, police report. The vehicle also hit a guard rail.

Wright died at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt. The crash remains under investigation.

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