Tractor-trailer overturns, shuts down part of US-64 west near 540

The cause of the tip was not made clear and crews gave no timetable for when the road will be clear.
Posted 8/10/2023, 9:42:00 PM Updated 8/11/2023, 12:58:13 PM

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>> RIGHT NOW AT 7 O'CLOCK,

WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW

BREAKING NEWS THAT'S AFFECTING

TRAFFIC IN WAKE COUNTY. GOOD

EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US. I'M CHRIS LOVINGOOD AND

I'M ASHLEY WROTE, THIS IS VIDEO

FROM THE SCENE WHERE A TRACTOR

TRAILER OVERTURNED ON HIGHWAY

64 WEST.

>> LEADING TO PART OF THAT

HIGHWAY TO SHUT DOWN. WE'VE

GOT WRAL'S REALLY DAN ALI AND

THE BREAKING NEWS TRACKER LIVE

AT THAT SCENE. SO WE DO KNOW

WHEN THE ROAD IS GOING TO

REOPEN ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS

IN THAT TRACTOR TRAILER LOOKS

THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF BAGS

OR SOMETHING.

>> CHRIS HAS. AND NOW THERE'S

BEEN NO UPDATE ON WHEN THIS

ROAD IS GOT TO REOPEN. IF YOU

CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THEY'RE

STILL WORKING ON GETTING THAT

TRACTOR TRAILER RIGHT SIDE UP.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO THAT

I CAPTURED ON THE SCENE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE BAGS THAT

YOU MENTION ON THE GROUND.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WAS

IN THEM, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT

DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED ALL OVER

THE 2 LANES OF THE EXPRESSWAY

HERE. POLICE HAVE BLOCKED OFF

FOR JUST

>> OVER THE RAMP ON KELLY ROAD

JUST BETWEEN THIS AREA. THEY

HAVE BLOCKED OFF AND THEY HAVE

A TRAFFIC DETOURED AROUND THE

AREA. IT'S NOT MUCH TRAFFIC

THAT'S COMING THROUGH HERE AS

OF NOW. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO GET

THERE. AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF

WHEN THIS IS GOING TO REOPEN

ANY TIME SOON. WE'RE STILL

WAITING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

HAPPENED TO THIS TRUCK IS

POSSIBLE THAT WHEN IT WAS

COMING AROUND THIS CURVE IN

TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL

WAITING TO GET THOSE ANSWERS

WERE ALSO WAKING UP WORKING TO

FIGURE OUT THAT THE DRIVER OF

THAT GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED

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