Marlena Martinez, 30, was seriously injured in a two-vehicle wrong-way collision on Interstate 81 in Strasburg, Virginia
One seriously hurt in I-81 wrong way crash
State Police say a Honda Civic driven by 30-year old Sterling resident Marlena Martinez was traveling in the wrong direction in the northbound lanes of I-81 around 1 Saturday afternoon when she collided with a northbound Honda CRV around mile marker 298.
VSP investigate a wrong way crash on 81 in Shenandoah County
Martinez was traveling in the wrong direction on the Interstate and has been charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence.
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