TROUTMAN, NC – The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating the details behind a head-on crash between a pickup truck and a semi-truck that left one dead and another injured.
According to QC News, the events unfolded around 2 a.m. Friday, when the driver of a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was driving the wrong way on I-77 and slammed head-on into a big rig.
Once the vehicles collided, the big rig flipped over and caught on fire, and the pickup truck driver was ejected from his vehicle.
Troopers declared the pickup truck driver dead at the scene, and EMS crews rushed the big rig motorist to Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
The tractor-trailer driver is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries and has since been identified as a 52-year-old man from Tampa, Florida.
Troopers identified the pickup truck driver as 31-year-old Eric Anthony Pompa from Layton, Utah. Officials suspect Pompa was impaired while operating his pickup truck. Criminal charges will not be filed.
Officials issued a several-hour-long shutdown and reopened the area around 1 p.m.
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