CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A New Jersey woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following a fatal wreck on Interstate 64 on Tuesday morning that killed a Fishersville woman.
Nachalie Amaro Burgos, 30, was driving a tractor trailer that struck a vehicle, pushing it into another trailer in front of it, according to the Albemarle County Police Department. The driver of the vehicle, 58-year-0ld Sally Tripp, was transported to UVA Health where she died from her injuries.
Burgos has been 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, according to ACPD. The investigation into the crash is being conducted by the ACPD’s Traffic Unit, and it is ongoing.
Traffic backed up on I-64 west for about a mile Tuesday morning due to the accident.
