Tow truck driver describes crash involving RV carrying 28 snakes on I-95
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>> 28 SNAKES TO TORTOISE IS A
CAT AND 2 DOGS. THAT'S WHAT
TROOPERS FOUND INSIDE AN RV
INVOLVED IN A CRASH THIS
MORNING ON I-95. IT HAPPENED
WHEN A BOX TRUCK REAR ENDED THE
RV IN WILSON COUNTY NEXT AT
6 TO BE OR IS IT A KIRK SPOKE
WITH THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHO
LEFT THE SCENE WITH A LITTLE
MORE THAN JUST A DAMAGED
VEHICLE.
>> THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS
YOU'D EXPECT TO FIND AT THE
SCENE OF A CAR ACCIDENT LIKE
TWISTED METAL AND BROKEN CAR
PARTS. BUT ONE THING YOU
WOULDN'T EXPECT TO FIND OUR
SNAKES FOR SOME OF US. IT LOOKS
LIKE THE SCENE OF A HORROR
MOVIE UNFOLDING ON. I-95 WHEN
I WOKE UP AT ONE 30, I NEVER
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A PHONE
CALL. CLAYTON BARFIELD WAS THEY
TELLING US IT'S ONE OF THE
WE'RE TO SCENES HE'S
ENCOUNTERED AFTER 16 YEARS
TOWING CARS. I WOULD SAY THIS
IS. IS IN THE TOP 10 OF
STATE TROOPERS SAY JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT THIS TRUCK REARENDED
AN RV HEADING FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA TO PENNSYLVANIA ON
INTERSTATE 95 IN WILSON COUNTY.
INSIDE THAT RV WHERE 5 PEOPLE,
28 SNAKES TO TORTOISE IS 5
BEARDED DRAGONS, 2 DOGS AND
ONE CAT. WE SPOKE WITH THE
OWNER OF THE RV WHO SAYS HE
DOES REPTILE EXPOS.
BARFIELD SAYS HE DIDN'T STEP IN
UNTIL AFTER ALL. THE ANIMALS
WERE OUT. BUT THE REAL SHOCKER
CAME WHEN THE OWNER CAME TO
COLLECT ONE LAST MAKE THIS
MORNING FROM THE TOW LOT.
THAT STATE OVERNIGHT ON
ACCIDENT IN THE RV BUT DID NOT
LIKE NICE. BUT I'M NOT LIKE
THEY CAN DO. AUTHORITIES TELL
US THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS
DRIVING THAT TRUCK AND CAUSED
THE COLLISION WAS TRANSPORTED
TO THE HOSPITAL
>> AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT
PERSON FELL ASLEEP BEHIND THE
WHEEL. I THINK HER WRAL NEWS IN
WILSON COUNTY.
>> HE SAID THIS WAS IN THE TOP
10 OF HIS WEIRD IS I WANT TO