New Bern, NC : One dead in head-on crash on U.S. 17 north of Bridgeton on Friday evening, August 19, 2016
Bridgeton, North Carolina
A head-on collision on a rainy highway killed one driver and sent the other to the hospital Friday evening.
A man driving a red, older model Chevrolet pickup truck lost control and went left of center and collided with a FedEx delivery truck around 5 p.m. on U.S. 17 north of Bridgeton, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. The driver of the pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the FedEx truck was ejected from the vehicle. He was transported by Medic 17 ambulance to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
“Basically, what we had was this man (driver of the red truck) was travelling south on U.S. 17 and went left of center and hit the FedEx truck which was going north,” Trooper Ryan Onofrio said.
The names of the drivers were not released pending notification of family. The condition of the FedEx driver was not immediately available.
The Vanceboro, Tri-Community and Little Swift Creek fire departments assisted at the scene.
Bradley Stallings of the Little Swift Creek said the department was first on the scene and led the extrication and treatment of the drivers.
“It’s a bad one, for sure, “ Stallings said. “You just never know on these roads.”
Three State Troopers, E&J Towing and Craven County Sheriff’s Office were all also on duty.
Around the red truck was a proverbial snowstorm of 1990s baseball cards, littering the ground around the vehicle.
Thrown out of the back out of the truck bed in the grass behind it was a tacklebox and a minnow bucket.
The hood of the FedEx truck with its logo was ripped off during the collision. The truck ended up sideways in the grass off the side of the road.
The wreck closed a portion of U.S. 17 for about three hours.
The N.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
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One dead in head-on crash in Bridgeton