Tractor-trailer overturns on I-440 near Wade Ave. in Wake County
WHY IT WON'T STAY THAT WAY.
COMING UP CAN LOSE MORE THAN A
31 WAS STAYING ON TOP OF THAT
BREAKING NEWS OF AN OVERTURNED
TRACTOR TRAILER ON THOSE WADE
AVENUE. EXIT RAMPS TO I-440,
EASTBOUND THIS MORNING. THAT'S
WHERE WE FIND WRAL'S. BRETT
KNESE HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE FOR
THE BETTER PART OF THE HOUR
NOW. SET THE SCENE FOR US.
BRENT, LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE
LESSON? WHAT'S HAPPENED NOW?
>> WELL, KING IS A BIG DEAL FOR
ANYBODY THAT TAKES WADE AVENUE
EASTBOUND TO TRY TO GET TO FOR
40 EASTBOUND TO STEP OUT OF THE
WAY TO SHOW YOU THIS TRACTOR
TRAILER THAT OVERTURNED A
COUPLE OF HOURS AGO IS CARRYING
SOME SORT OF WEED KILLER
HERBICIDE AND THEY'VE MANAGED
TO GET A FEW BALLOTS OUT OF
THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. WE SEE
THOSE 2 WORKERS THERE AT THE
END OF THE TRUCK. THEY HAVE
SOME SORT OF A SAW AND OTHER
TOOLS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE
BACK DOOR IS, ACTUALLY THAT
THERE'S A JAG IN THIS THEIR TO
THE END OF THE TRAILER THAT
IS A A BROKEN OFF THERE THAT
THAT THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF
THE CRASH. AND SO THEY'RE
TRYING TO CUT THE REST OF THAT
OFF OF THIS TRAILER BEFORE THEY
CAN TURN THIS TRAILER RIGHT
SIDE UP. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF
TOW TRUCK CREWS OUT HERE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT
QUICKLY. ONCE THEY I BELIEVE
THAT THIS TRAILER IS IN A MUCH
MORE SECURE SPOT. BUT UNTIL
THEN, IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE
A WHILE BEFORE THEY CAN REALLY
GET THIS OUT OF HERE ORG AND
LEARN HOW THAT DRIVER IS DOING.
IT APPEARS THAT THEY SHOULD BE
OKAY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO IT'S A
CONFIRMATION ON THAT SOON.
BUT WAY AVENUE EASTBOUND TO TRY
TO GET TO 4.40 EAST. IF YOU
TAKE THAT THIS MORNING IN AN
EMAIL TO KNIT GROUP AND FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS,
THE ABSOLUTELY. AND IF YOU
LISTEN TO US ON THE RADIO RIGHT
NOW, JUST COMING ON, I-40
EASTBOUND AS WE WIDEN OUT THE
VIEW. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT. YOU CAN EXIT ON BLUE
RIDGE ROAD. BUT IF YOU PREFER,
YOU CAN ALSO A MOVE THAT AN
EDWARDS MILL ROAD RIGHT THERE
BY THE INOVA SAYING.