Fatal truck crash shuts down US 64 for hours

A truck that paints lane lines on highways ran off U.S. Highway 64 near Spring Hope on Monday night, killing one person and setting some woods on fire, authorities said.
Posted 10/8/2019, 8:44:08 AM Updated 10/8/2019, 12:58:19 PM

DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR LEAST

ONE SUSPECT IN THE CASE.

THEY PLAN TO RELEASE MORE

DETAILS LATER THIS MORNING.

>>> A TRUCK DRIVER WAS KILLED

IN A CRASH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY

AND WE JUST LEARNED WHERE THAT

DRIVER WAS HEAD WHEN HE

CRASHED.

>> IT HAPPENED ON U.S. 64 JUST

EAST OF WEAK-NASH COUNTY LINE.

WRAL'S NIA HARDEN HAS THAT NEW

INFORMATION.

WE LEARNED SINCE LAST WE SMOKE.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD

ON THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,

JEFF.

WE JUST SPOKE WITH NC-DOT WOULD

TELLS US THIS DRIVER, A 40-YEAR-

OLD MAN, WAS A CONTRACTED

ROADWORKER.

HE WAS NOT EVEN WORKING ON THIS

ROAD WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED.

WE ARE TOLD HE WAS ACTUALLY

JUST DRIVING THROUGH.

WE ARE TOLD HE WORKS FOR CLARK

PAVEMENT MARKING INCORPORATED

OF APEX.

THE COMPANY IS UNDER CONTRACT

WITH NC-DOT FOR PAVING AND

RESTRIPING IN EASTERN NORTH

CAROLINA.

THEY SAY THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING

THROUGH NASH COUNTY HEADED TO A

WORK SITE WHEN THE TRUCK VEERED

OFF THE ROAD INTO THE WOODS AND

CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WILL BE

BACK OUT HERE THIS MORNING FOR

CLEAN-UP IN THE AREA AFTER THAT

CRASH HAPPENED.

AGAIN, THIS IS STILL

PRELIMINARY.

WE ARE STILL GETTING MORE

INFORMATION.

SO STICK WITH US ANNUAL MAKE

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