One dead, multiple injured in four-vehicle crash with charter bus on I-95 in Cumberland County

A man is dead after a crash involving four cars on I-95 North in Cumberland County on Saturday. 

2026-03-01

According to the NC State Highway Patrol, troopers were called around 2:12 a.m. to reports of a crash near Wade-Stedman Road between a pickup truck, a charter bus, an Amazon tractor-trailer and an SUV. 

Troopers said the SUV and pickup truck were already pulled over to the side of the road after a prior crash when the charter bus, carrying 40 people, crashed into them.

The tractor-trailer also crashed into the bus, pushing it into a concrete barrer. 

Troopers identified the driver of the pickup truck as Dawson Adams, 19. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. 

The driver of the SUV was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries, trooper said.

One person on the charter bus was also taken to the hospital, their condition is unknown. 

Troopers said the investigation into both crashes is still ongoing.