A three-car pileup stopped traffic on Eastbound U.S. 460 this morning after a driver fell asleep at the wheel.
Truc Thanh Le Nguyen-Bean, a 24-year-old resident of Roanoke, was driving at about 8:30 a.m. on the Westbound side of U.S. 460 when she fell asleep at the wheel and crossed the grass median, striking an oncoming Jeep driven by Todd Murray, a 51-year-old Blacksburg resident.
The force of Le Nguyen-Bean’s Honda caused Murray’s Jeep to careen into another car, a Plymouth driven by 37-year-old Blacksburg resident Bernard Mullins. The crash caused traffic on US 460 to halt while rescue crews assessed the situation.
None of the drivers appeared to suffer life-threatening injuries. All three were transported to the Montgomery Regional Hospital.
Le Nguyen-Bean was charged with failure to maintain control of her vehicle.
A version of this article appeared in the Apr 16 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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