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Truck Driver Indicted On Murder Charge After Fiery Wreck

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HENDERSON, N.C. — A man involved in a fiery accident in Henderson last month has been indicted on second-degree murder charges.

Police say a van driven by Gregory Lucas struck a guardrail on I-85. The van flipped off onto an embankment below, but the van's engine landed on the Interstate.

A U.S. mail truck hit the engine and crashed into a grocery truck. The two trucks burst into flames. The driver and the passenger inside the mail truck died.

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