Silvio Sobrinho, 58, a Hispanic/Latino truck driver from Revere, Massachusetts, was killed on the night of January 31, 2025 while hauling cars south on Interstate 295 in Henrico County, Virginia. Traveling in the left southbound lane near mile marker 25, his tractor-trailer was struck by another semi in the center lane. The impact sent Sobrinho’s rig into a metal guardrail; the other driver then pulled alongside and fired multiple shots into the cab.

A northbound motorist who witnessed the crash stopped and found Sobrinho slumped at the wheel and called police. A trooper attempted CPR, but Sobrinho was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound; investigators later found several bullet holes on the passenger side of the truck. Police described the other vehicle as a white tractor-trailer with green lettering and traced it to Florida, leading to an arrest there.

Sobrinho is described as a Brazilian native and the sole provider for his wife, two daughters, and two grandchildren. Anyone who saw the crash on I-295 that night or has information about the white truck with green lettering is asked to come forward.