Raleigh,NC : Young children among 5 victims killed in I-95 crash on may, Tuesday 16th 2017

Five people, including two young girls, were killed, and four were injured following a crash involving a three tractor-trailers and three vehicles on a portion of Interstate 95 in Robeson County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The crash was caused when a Myrtle Beach man driving a tractor-trailer failed to slow down for a work zone.

The crash, which happened between Exit 2 and Exit 10 in Robeson County, occurred when a Volvo tanker trunk driven by a 68-year-old Myrtle Beach man failed to slow down for traffic ahead as it entered a work zone, and struck a Dodge pickup truck, according to the the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. The truck was pushed into the rear of a Ford Explorer SUV, which was then pushed into the rear of a Ford Escape SUV.

The Volvo tractor-trailer continued traveling south, uncontrolled, striking a Freightliner tractor-trailer in the rear and igniting the gasoline that was being hauled in the tanker. The Freightliner tractor and trailer were then pushed into a Kenworth tractor trailer. The original Volvo trailer continued traveling off the roadway and onto the right shoulder, catching fire.


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Young children among 5 victims killed in I-95 crash