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.
Posted — UpdatedTroopers 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.
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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