Produce truck overturns, catches fire on I-95N

Bell peppers could be seen scattered across the road near the charred wreckage of the truck.
Posted 12/3/2025, 10:34:59 AM Updated 12/3/2025, 11:00:04 AM

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>> THAT DEFROST THEM WORKING

THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, CHRIS. WE'RE STAYING ON

TOP OF BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW

IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

TEAMS JUST REOPENED ONE LANE OF

I-95 NORTHBOUND IN HALIFAX

COUNTY. THAT WAS AFTER A SEMI

TRUCK CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE.

IT'S HAPPENING NEAR NC 4.81 AND

FIELD IN THE CAB. THE BARS

THERE RIGHT NOW IN THE WRAL

BREAKING NEWS TRACKER, ALI

TROOPERS ARE TELLING YOU IT

WILL BE HOURS, THOUGH, BEFORE

THE INTERSTATE WILL FULLY

REOPEN.

>> IT COULD BE UNTIL AND CHRIS

AND YOU CAN SEE WHY BEHIND ME.

THERE'S HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

THEY'RE MOVING DEBRIS. WE CAN

EVEN SEE DEBRIS FROM THIS CRASH

STEAMING. STILL, WE CAN SMELL

IT. IT SMELLS LIKE PEPPERS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE 18 WHEELER

WAS CARRYING WHEN IT CRASHED

AND CAUGHT FIRE. BUT WE WANT TO

TAKE YOU TO THESE PICTURES

SHARED WITH US FROM CREWS ON

THE SCENE.

>> YOU CAN SEE THAT 18 WHEELER.

IT IS STEAMING. IT WAS CARRYING

PEPPERS AND STATE HIGHWAY

PATROL TELLS US THE TRACTOR

TRAILER RAN OFF THE ROAD, HIT

THE GUARDRAIL AND CAUGHT ON

FIRE. THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND

10 LAST NIGHT AND NO ONE WAS

HURT. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING

TO CLEAR UP THIS SCENE FOR

SEVERAL HOURS NOW AND THEY HAVE

HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON THE SCENE.

THEY'RE WORKING TO REMOVE ALL

OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I-95 THIS

YEAR IN FIELD.

>> IT HAS REOPENED ONE LANE.

OF COURSE, WE'RE STAYING ON

TOP OF THIS. WE'RE WORKING TO

LEARN WHAT LED UP TO THIS CRASH

REPORTING LIVE IN HALIFAX

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