Bread truck, UPS truck wreck on I-40 - WRAL
Chapel Hill, N.C. — A fiery wreck involving two tractor-trailers shut down both sides of Interstate 40 in Orange County Wednesday night, according to the state Highway Patrol.
The UPS truck driver – Steven Pavel, 49, of Fayetteville – tried to swerve to the left, but hit the rear of the bread truck, troopers said. The UPS truck ran off the road, struck the guardrail in the median and caught fire.
Pavel suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Duke University Medical Center. The bread truck driver – William Silver, 60, of Rocky Mount – was not injured.
Chapel Hill, N.C. — A fiery wreck involving two tractor-trailers shut down both sides of Interstate 40 in Orange County Wednesday night, according to the state Highway Patrol.
The UPS truck driver – Steven Pavel, 49, of Fayetteville – tried to swerve to the left, but hit the rear of the bread truck, troopers said. The UPS truck ran off the road, struck the guardrail in the median and caught fire.
Pavel suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Duke University Medical Center. The bread truck driver – William Silver, 60, of Rocky Mount – was not injured.
