ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. - A chain-reaction crash involving at least 10 vehicles, including several tractor-trailers, shut down Interstate 81 on Thursday evening and left one person dead, according to Virginia State Police.

The pileup occurred around 5 p.m. near the 181-mile marker in Rockbridge County.

Authorities said traffic began slowing due to an earlier two-vehicle crash when multiple vehicles collided in the northbound lanes, triggering the chain reaction collision.

The victim who died was identified as a Minnesota resident, who was in one of the last vehicles to strike the pileup.

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