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Driver of car charged after crash with truck carrying logs

The driver of a Toyota Prius is facing charges after a crash with a dump truck carrying logs on Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh on Thursday.

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Raleigh crash with truck carrying logs
RALEIGH, N.C. — The driver of a Toyota Prius is facing charges after a crash with a dump truck carrying logs on Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh on Thursday.

Troopers with the NC State Highway Patrol said the Toyota Prius was traveling southbound on Lake Wheeler Road when it attempted to turn left onto Manor Ridge Drive. A dump truck carrying logs was traveling northbound and struck the car, which failed to yield to the traffic.

Raleigh crash with truck carrying logs

The driver of the dump truck lost control, hit a ditch and overturned. The driver was pinned inside the truck. A second passenger vehicle behind the Prius also ended up hitting the car.

The driver of the second car and the truck driver were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Prius was charged with failure to yield.

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