One person injured, taken to hospital, after a tractor-trailer rear-ends another on southbound I-77 near Dobson.

A crash involving two tractor-trailers Wednesday morning shut down Interstate 77 south in Surrey County, near the weigh station.

It happened just before 6 a.m. near mile marker 102. At 8 a.m., one of the lanes had reopened. | Mobile users, tap here for photos from the scene.

One person was taken to Baptist Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol said the driver of one of the tractor-trailers fell asleep and collided with another big rig.

At one point, traffic was backed up to mile marker 1 in Virginia. Drivers were being detoured onto US Highway 52.

Hazmat crews were called to the scene because of a fuel spill.