Drivers face traffic mess after truck takes down utility wire
WEEKEND PLANS MAKE SURE TO
CHECK THE FORECAST ON WRAL NEWS
BEGINNING AT 06:00AM NOW TO A
MAJOR BACKUP IN APEX TONIGHT.
ALL TRAFFIC IS BEING DETOURED
AROUND PART OF HIGHWAY 64
POLICE TELLING US A VEHICLE
PULLING A MOBILE HOME, PULLED
DOWN INTERNET LINES ACROSS THE
ROAD AND ALSO SPARKING A FIRE
WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES JOINING US
LIVE FROM THE SCENE. CARLY,
THIS IS A COMPLICATED REPAIR
TONIGHT.
>> AND IT HAS EVOLVED THROUGH
THE EVENING. AS YOU SAID, PART
OF HIGHWAY 64 STILL CLOSED OFF.
BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING CREWS IN
BUCKET TRUCKS WITH A TNT
WORKING TO RESTORE THAT LINE.
AND WE ALSO SAW DETOURS WORKING
TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID THIS
ALTOGETHER. AND ALSO GET SOME
OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT WHO ARE
STUCK.
>> JOE MASON WATCHES U-TURN
AFTER YOU TURN FROM HER CAR.
LOT OF DOES CIRCLING AROUND AND
GOING BACK PICKS. SHE'S WAITED
IN THIS PARKING SPOT FOR NEARLY
2 HOURS PER USUAL COMMUTE ON
HIGHWAY. 64 NOW FILLED WITH
POLICE AND TRUCKS. TRAFFIC WAS
REALLY AND I I THOUGHT MAYBE IT
WAS JUST BECAUSE IT STARTED
SPRINKLING RAIN. DOZENS OF
PEOPLE LIKE MASON WERE STUCK
WAITING IN THEIR CARS FRIDAY
CREWS WORKED TO REMOVE A
UTILITY LINE FROM THE ROAD.
POLICE SAY THE INTERNET CABLE
GOT HERE WHEN THIS TRUCK
PULLING A MOBILE HOME RAN INTO
LOHAN LINES OVER THE HIGHWAY
SKY 5 FLEW OVER THE SCENE NEAR
FLYING HAWK ROAD. THE GRASS
BURKE FROM THE SMALL RESULTING
FIRE FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT THE
FLAMES QUICKLY. BUT THE TRAVEL
HEADACHES LASTED ALL EVENING.
HERE PASSED A PATIENTS.
>> WHAT CAN YOU THEN?
>> AND FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE
NO INJURIES, BOTH IN THAT
INITIAL COLLISION AND THEN ALSO