Two passengers in a pickup truck died yesterday in a fatal crash in Charlotte, North Carolina. Three others were transported to Carolinas Medical Center, likely with life-threatening injuries. North Carolina Highway Patrol has not released the identity of any of the victims.
A tractor-trailer truck was parked on the side of I85 early Monday afternoon. Photographs of the accident scene clearly show the truck on the gravel shoulder, not in a travel lane. An eyewitness advised Troopers that he observed the pickup trup swerve suddenly to the right, crashing into, and under the parked tractor trailer.
The question on everyone's mind is why did the driver of the pickup truck suddenly veer into the parked tractor trailer. Troopers intend to test the driver of the pickup for alcohol, and to interview him to determine the reason for his departure from the roadway.
