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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Truck driver killed in crash that closed Highway 220 in Rockingham County, NC


  May 21, 2015

Deadly tractor-trailer crash in Rockingham County
A tractor-trailer driver was killed in a crash on Highway 220 near Madison early Thursday morning.
Daniel Crews/WXII
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C.

A truck driver was killed in a crash that closed all southbound lanes of a Triad highway for several hours Thursday morning.
L.B. Williams, 66, of Huntersville, died at the scene of the crash, which was reported around 2:30 a.m. on Highway 220 near Ellisboro Road. The lanes reopened around 8:30 a.m.

Williams was driving a Roadway tractor and double trailer south on Hwy. 220 when it went off the road into the median before heading back toward the road and overturning, troopers said.

A storm was passing through the area when the crash happened, troopers said.
The crash investigation continues