It was an interesting afternoon for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R).
Cuccinelli was on his way back to Richmond on Friday, after a meeting of his Human Trafficking Task Force in Staunton, when he and his driver Cory Chenard noticed a semi-truck with a flatbed trailer carrying a heavy load in front of them with an awful-smelling smoke coming from its rear.
They spotted the truck on I-64 near mile maker 160 in Louisa County, just east of Cross County Road.
“The truck was really burning some rubber,” recalled Chenard.
Chenard said he pulled the car up along side of the semi and saw the back tires of the trailer engulfed in flames. It was clear the driver was not aware of the problem. Chenard honked his horn to get the driver’s attention and Cuccinelli yelled to the driver out the window, convincing her to pull over.
As soon as they both came to a stop, the Attorney General went to assess the situation.
“I skipped by the cab back to the back of the truck and, sure enough, it was still on fire,” he said.
