Officials say the spill was not a threat to patients inside the hospital. All non-emergency traffic was rerouted and emergency vehicles were directed to use the back entrance. Blacksburg police say the main entrance should reopen sometime this morning. A man was sent to the hospital after wrecking on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County. A pickup truck overturned in the median near Dixie Caverns around noon yesterday.
State police say the driver apparently lost control after hitting a soft part of the shoulder.
He was taken to Carilion-Roanoke Memorial Hospital by Lifeguard 10. No word on his condition. The accident tied up traffic for a couple of hours. A logging accident claims the life of a Covington man. Homer Clemmer Byer was cutting trees on Westvaco property on Sheetz Mountain near Eagle Rock in Botetourt County.