I-95 closed near Roanoke Rapids by truck crash

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Department of Transportation was forced to close the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near Roanoke Rapids for most of the morning Wednesday after a tractor-trailer truck overturned and caught fire.

Pictures from Chopper 11 HD showed lumber from the truck scattered across the highway near exit 173.

Investigators said the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. when a car veering into the next lane and collided with the truck.

Neither driver was seriously injured.

The highway reopened early Wednesday afternoon.

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