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Autopsy: Driver who crashed tractor-trailer on I-85 was drunk

The autopsy of a truck driver killed on Interstate 85 in Orange County in September shows "acute intoxication" as a contributing cause to his death in a fiery crash.
Posted 2022-12-01T15:58:21+00:00 - Updated 2022-12-01T15:51:00+00:00
Sky 5 flies over aftermath of fiery tractor trailer crash on I-85 near Hillsborough

The autopsy of a truck driver killed on Interstate 85 in Orange County in September shows "acute intoxication" as a contributing cause to his death in a fiery crash.

Daniel McNeal, 51, of Exmore, Va., died in the crash and fire that closed I-85 near North Carolina Highway 86 for much of a day.

The N.C. 86 bridge was also closed for days while state Department of Transportation crews assessed structural damage to the overpass.

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