Heffernan: I-95 reopens in Johnston County after deadly wreck
THE STORM .
>>@I-95 IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET MORE
DETAILS ON THE DEADLY ACCIDENT
. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS . I-95
IS OPEN .
>> Reporter: YES BILL . LESS
THAN FIVE MINUTES AGO I-95
REOPENED . WE ARE LOOKING NOW
AT THE NORTHBOUND LANES . I
WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE NOT
SEEN SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE SELF WOUND
LANES, PARDON ME -- SOUTH BOUND
LANES . WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
TRAFFIC COMING NORTHBOUND . YOU
CAN SEE THE DEBRIS BEHIND ME .
D.O.T.
DID A GREAT JOB COMING OUT AND
CLEANING UP WHAT WAS ON THE ROAD
. YOU CAN STILL SEE REMNANTS OF
WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE
WATER CAME OVER THE INTERSTATE
LAST NIGHT . THE ENTIRE PORTION
OF I-95 NEAR I-40, WAS COVERED
WITH WATER . THE WATER WAS SO
POWERFUL, THAT THE GUARD RAIL
WAS RIPPED TO THE GROUND . THIS
IS THE AREA WHERE A WOMAN WAS
DRIVING HER CAR LAST NIGHT AND
THE WATER WAS SO STRONG THAT IT
LITERALLY SWEPT THE CAR OFF THE
ROAD AND INTO A CREEK . SADLY,
SHE DIED AS A RESULT . CREWS
WERE HERE AT 5 AM AND NEEDED TO
WAIT FOR THE WATER TO PROCEED
TO GET ACCESS AND SEE HER CAR .
THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THE
CAR AND DID FORTUNATELY, A BODY
. IT IS A SAD SITUATION . I-95
WAS CLOSED MOST OF THE MORNING
. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS BACK
OPEN . WE WILL PACK UP BECAUSE
IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION .
WE WANT TO BE SAFE OURSELVES .
>>> AS WE GO TO BREAK, WE WILL