Truck Driver and Passenger Injured in NC Truck Accident Rollover
March 9th, 2010 | 
Author: KERNERSVILLE, NC – A truck driver and a female passenger were injured last Monday in a truck rollover accident in Forsyth County, North Carolina. The truck accident happened on Interstate 40 near NC State Route 66 in Kernersville, in the Winston-Salem metro region. The area is in the northwest section of the state, 88 miles northeast of Charlotte, NC and 280 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee.
The trailer truck went off the left side of the interstate and crashed into the cable center dividing median. The semi truck then flipped over and finally crashed into the guardrail by the highway bridge, which crosses under Old Salem Road.
The truck accident happened a short time before 11:00 a.m. Monday morning as the truck driver was headed east on Interstate 40. The tractor trailer was hauling lumber and there was one passenger in the truck cab.
As the 18 wheeler truck traveled east on the interstate in Kernersville near NC State Route 66, the truck driver reportedly lost control of the big rig. The trailer truck went off the left side of the interstate and crashed into the cable center dividing median. The semi truck then flipped over and finally crashed into the guardrail by the highway bridge, which crosses under Old Salem Road.
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Kernersville police officers and Forsyth County emergency medical services responded to the scene of the truck accident. The truck driver and the female passenger were removed from the truck cab and treated and stabilized at the scene. The two were then transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. The truck driver was reportedly transferred via an AirCare medical helicopter. Their injuries are listed as serious with one of the victims in the intensive care unit of the hospital.
NC Department of Transportation authorities shut down the left lanes of both the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-40 in the truck accident area. The lanes would remain closed for at least five hours while highway crews removed the wreckage of the truck accident. Traffic was being diverted off the highway, with westbound vehicles routed to Business 40 and eastbound vehicles sent to U.S. Route 52 and then over to Business 40 East.
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Officials had brought in a flatbed truck and crews were removing the lumber from the wrecked trailer truck and transferring it to the flatbed truck. Once the entire load was removed from the damaged truck it would be hauled off of the highway.
According to a North Carolina State Transportation-Traffic Operator, the lanes were reopened between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to allow for the evening commuter rush hour traffic. After rush hour the interstate would be closed again to remove the tractor trailer truck.
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Police and highway authorities were reconstructing the truck accident to determine the cause. It is unclear why the driver lost control of the semi and the truck accident remains under investigation.
No charges or citations have been made at this time.
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