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Published: 2012-07-24 17:34:00
Updated: 2012-07-25 05:26:30

Posted: July 24, 2012
Updated: July 25, 2012

SUV plunges into Johnston County river

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Selma, N.C. — An SUV plunged into a river on Old Dam Road near Selma Tuesday afternoon as summer storms deluged roads with heavy rainfall, authorities said.

A 24-year-old woman, her mother and two toddlers were inside the SUV when it hydroplaned on a bridge, causing the driver to lose control, crash into a guardrail and land in the river.

No one was injured, but the vehicle was a total loss.

The state Highway Patrol reopened the road early Wednesday after state Department of Transportation ran safety checks on the bridge.

No other information was released.

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Wow...these comments! Unless you were there in the suv...how do some of you have enough info to make such statements?

One tiny tidbit of info I wanted to pass on is that...on a hot day right when it very first starts raining..the oil from the asphalt and the barely wet road may be extremely slick...like ice. This affect goes away quickly and I don't know if it is also considered hydroplaning. I have experienced it just a couple of times in my 55 YO life.
usocrazi
July 26, 2012 12:13 p.m.
" We all know that most any bridge you get onto has a dip before and after it, which can throw a car in anything that isn't a dry condition..."

Then the driver should have known too.
storchheim
July 25, 2012 5:05 p.m.
Thank God they are all ok considering the conditions and the way the SUV just broke apart. A few more feet, and it would have been in the water. Shuddering to think what could have happened to those babies then.
Iak Hsehpen
July 25, 2012 4:28 p.m.
@Obamacarego,

Stating my experiences with hydroplaning doesn't make my statement unintelligent. What you could simply say is that you beg to differ and know people who haven't been charged. Why the insults?
promethazine codeine lover
July 25, 2012 2:38 p.m.
@obamacare , re-read what i said.. everyone i know, i did not say everyone you know.

And it doesn't matter anymore because this lady was charged like I figured would happen....
promethazine codeine lover
July 25, 2012 2:10 p.m.
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