Wednesday, January 21, 2015

HIT AND RUN CRASH INVOLVING 3 VEHICLES IN GASTONIA, NC. TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED AFTER COLLISION



HIT AND RUN CRASH INVOLVING 3 VEHICLES IN GASTONIA, SC.  TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED AFTER COLLISION




January 21, 2015

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — 

A busy stretch of Interstate 85 was closed early Wednesday morning in Gaston County after a tractor-trailer overturned.

The northbound lanes of the interstate were blocked around exit 22 in Lowell after the 18-wheeler flipped on its side just before 8 a.m. Lanes for I-85 reopened just before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Troopers said the wreck is considered a hit-and-run. Officials said someone caused the accident, but did not stop.

Troopers said they are searching for a white passenger car.

A driver of a Tahoe was in the left hand lane and had slowed because of traffic ahead
Someone in a white passenger car hit her from behind, forcing the Tahoe in the path of the tractor-trailer, according to troopers.

The tractor-trailer hit the Tahoe and the tractor-trailer flipped over. The driver of the white car did not stop, officials said.

The driver of the Tahoe was not seriously injured.