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Several luxury vehicles destroyed in fiery crash on I-95

The driver said he was hauling privately-owned, expensive motor vehicles from New York City to Miami. His fully-enclosed truck contained a Porsche, Ferrari, a BMW M8, Lincoln Navigator, Audi S4 and Jeep Rubicon.

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John Payne
, WRAL photojournalist
FOUR OAKS, N.C. — Interstate 95 between Four Oaks and Benson was shut down for several hours on Sunday night after a blown tire caused a truck hauling expensive vehicles to crash.

The driver said he was hauling privately-owned, expensive motor vehicles from New York City to Miami. His fully-enclosed truck contained a Porsche, Ferrari, a BMW M8, Lincoln Navigator, Audi S4 and Jeep Rubicon.

All were destroyed by a raging fire. Firefighters who responded to the scene said that tires and batteries were blowing up "like 4th of July fireworks."

The owner-operator of the truck said he had just checked all of his tires at a fuel stop in southern Virginia, but heard what sounded like an explosion behind him before the fire erupted.

He attempted to extinguish the flames at first, but eventually had to flee from the scene when the fire became too large.

The driver, who did not give his name to WRAL News, was concerned about his clients more than for his own loss of livelihood.

Car destroyed in crash on I-95. Photo by John Payne.

"I don't know how I'm going to tell my clients," he said. "One of them was very nervous about putting his brand new sports car on the truck but I assured him that all would be fine."

That man's car was turned to ashes.

The truck driver was the sole owner of the trucking company.

He was shaken up but otherwise uninjured.

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