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CHARLOTTE, NC – A trucking company’s semi trailers were involved in two separate accidents Friday, July 2, at the same spot in Charlotte, North Carolina. The trucks owned by Boyd Brothers in Alabama were involved in incidents early Friday morning and again later around noon at the area where southbound Interstate 85 merges onto southbound Interstate 77. The truck accident area is in the far southwest section of the state, about 92 miles north of Columbia, South Carolina and about 80 miles south of Winston-Salem, NC.

North Carolina Highway Patrol officials investigated both truck accidents and believe that speed was the likely factor in the rollovers.

The first truck accident occurred at around 5:00 a.m. Friday morning when the unidentified Boyd Brothers driver was traveling south on I-85. He was driving a flatbed trailer carrying a cargo of about 42,000 pounds of coiled steel, traveling from Maryland to Richburg, SC. As the truck driver attempted to exit onto southbound I-77 he lost control on the ramp and flipped the semi trailer truck over on its side. ... Read Full Story

MATTHEWS, NC – WBTV news reports that a train heading to Charlotte NC from Atlanta, GA collided with a tractor trailer truck in Matthews, NC Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of the accident.

Matthews, NC truck accident; train collides with tractor traier stuck on train tracks

The Matthews Police Department reports that the trailer got stuck on the tracks on Crestdale Road near East Charles Street. Because the truck driver was able to un-hitch the cab of the truck from the trailer, the train, which consisted of two locomotives and 19 cars, hit the trailer resulting in an accident.

Crestdale Rd. at E. Charles St. was closed, as well as Tank Town Rd. at the E. Charles St. rail crossing. Around 10:30 AM CSX was able to move the train and reopen access to Tank Town Rd. and the Rainbow Ridge community.

Repairs of the affected rail crossing at Crestdale Rd. and clean up of the scene lasted into the afternoon hours.

The driver of the truck was cited for careless and reckless driving; and obstructing a rail road crossing with a commercial motor vehicle, according to the Town of Matthews

State Highway Patrol Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Troopers responded to assist with the investigation and charged the trucking company, Heartland Express, with failure to display triangles on a disabled vehicle and disobeying traffic signs for vehicle restrictions.

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