Driver charged with DWI after 3-truck collision in Johnston County
Two people were injured Monday when a tractor trailer and a pickup truck collided in Johnston County on N.C. Highway 50.
Posted — UpdatedAccording to troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the 2.5 ton tractor trailer was traveling on N.C. 50 near Holly Grove Road in Benson around 7 a.m. While the tractor-trailer was making a left turn, a pickup truck heading south ran into the tractor trailer.
Officials say the pickup truck spun into oncoming traffic when it hit the tractor trailer, causing a flatbed truck traveling north to hit the pickup truck. The flatbed truck spun out of control and went off the road into a field.
The drivers of the pickup truck and flatbed were taken to WakeMed with serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to crews at the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck has been charged with DWI and failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision, officials said.
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