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Passenger car crash kills two after oxygen tank explosion
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- A passenger car entered the I-81 southbound on-ramp without yielding and struck a tractor-trailer in Frederick County, Virginia.
- The tractor-trailer veered left, hit a northbound oxygen-tank truck, igniting fire and explosions on September 10, 2026.
- Virginia State Police said tractor-trailer driver Russell R. Haskins, 64, died.
- Oxygen-tank truck driver Jeffrey J. Hudnell, 52, later died of injuries.
- Passenger-car driver Mario A. Saldivar-Romaro was uninjured, charged with reckless driving, and faces charges.