Crash blocks I-40 West in Durham at Page Road
IN RALEIGH, KIRSTEN CLARK,
WRAL, NEWS.
>> A DEADLY CRASH NEAR DURHAM
BLOCKED THE WESTBOUND LANES
OF I-40 THIS MORNING LEAVING
SOME DRIVERS STUCK IN TRAFFIC
FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE CRASH
HAPPENED AROUND 04:45AM.
AT THE PAGE ROAD EXIT POLICE
SAY 24 YEAR-OLD BRIDGET BASTON
OF KERNERSVILLE PULLED OVER TO
THE LEFT SIDE OF I-40 IN HER
FORD FUSION TO SWITCH PLACES
WITH HER SISTER POLICE TELL US
BOTH SISTERS WERE STANDING
OUTSIDE THE CAR, WHICH WAS
PARTIALLY IN THE ROAD. THAT'S
WHEN THEY WERE STOPPED BY A
TOYOTA CAMRY TRAVELING IN THE
FAR LEFT WESTBOUND LANE.
THE CAMRY VEER TO THE RIGHT AND
WAS STRUCK BY YET ANOTHER CAR.
BOSTON WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH
AND HER SISTER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL. BUT HER INJURIES ARE
NOT LIFE THREATENING. ALL LANES
WERE NOT OPEN UNTIL 11:00AM.
THERE ARE MILES OF DELAYS