PA Man Dies After Truck Hits Back of VDOT Contract Truck On I-95

QUANTICO, VA — The Virginia State Police is investigating a crash on Interstate 95 in the early morning hours of Jan. 8 that killed one person and injured three others. At 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, the state police was notified of a two-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of I-95. A truck contracted by the Virginia Department of Transportation to treat the roads was traveling north in the right lane when it was rear-ended by a 2002 Dodge Ram pulling a fifth-wheel trailer.

The impact of the crash caused the lights on the Dodge Ram's trailer to go dark. Minutes later and as state police were responding to the scene, a 2018 Subaru traveling north in the right lane swerved to avoid the dark trailer but struck the rear of it. The impact of that crash caused the Subaru to catch fire.

The driver of the Dodge, Kenneth R. Shiley, 43, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, was transported to Fairfax Inova Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The passenger, Chad D. Shifflett, 42, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, died at the scene. Neither was wearing a seatbelt, according to the state police.

Virginia State Police Trooper K.J. Page was first to arrive on the scene and pulled the Subaru's driver — Cindy N. Scheett, 60, of Newport News — out of her burning vehicle. Scheett was transported to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. She was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the contract truck, Anduamlak Donduela, 37, of Washington, D.C., was transported to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. He was treated for minor injuries. He was wearing a seatbelt. The contract truck was not treating the road at the time of the crash but did have its lights activated.

The cause of the original crash remains under investigation, though weather does not appear to have been a factor, according to the state police, which said charges are pending in the accident.

Part of I-95 north was closed between the Russel Road and Triangle exits in Quantico for almost six hours after the crash. One lane of traffic on northbound I-95 opened for commuters around 7 a.m. on Wednesday.