Monday, June 20, 2016

Sleepy truck driver causes accident with 7 other cars on I-85 in Vance County, NC


Sleepy truck driver causes accident with 7 other cars, troopers say



Photo from the scene of a 8 vehicle wreck on I-85 in Vance County (ABC11 Eyewitness photo/Andrea Kingsbury)




Sunday, June 19, 2016 09:40PM
VANCE COUNTY (WTVD) -- A truck driver caused an accident on I-85 involving 7 other vehicles after he nodded off while driving, according to the State Highway Patrol.

It happened Sunday around mile marker 219. The wreck was in a construction zone where the road narrows to one lane.

An ABC11 Eyewitness sent in a picture of an overturned vehicle. Troopers say there were only minor injuries.

Charges are pending.