I-95 South closed as lumber truck overturns in Micro

A lumber truck turned over along Interstate 95 in Johnston County on Wednesday afternoon. Southbound lanes were closed for several hours.
Posted 2/19/2025, 6:20:00 PM Updated 2/20/2025, 7:23:54 PM

MAY NOT BE OPEN TILL MUCH LATER

THIS EVENING.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO CHECK

BACK IN WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING

THERE IN MY CAR. LET'S GO BACK

TO AIMEE WILMOTH. THEY HAVE

BEEN DRIVING AROUND IN THE WRAL

STORM TRACKER NOW. THEY'VE BEEN

OUT OF IT SHOWING US THE LATEST

UPDATES ON THIS MAJOR ACCIDENT

ON I-95 A B.

>> CREWS ARE WORKING REALLY

HARD HERE. DEBT TO GET IT

CLEANED UP. AND IN FACT, WE DO

HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO TELL

YOU ABOUT. THEY HAVE THE MEDIAN

OPEN. SO AT LEAST SOME OF THE

TRAFFIC IS ABLE TO GET BY

THANKS TO THESE CREWS WORKING

REALLY HARD TO GET THIS LUMBER

OUT OF THE RED SHOW. WHAT

HAPPENED HERE? I KNOW I THINK

THAT THERE WAS A CAR INVOLVED

AND THIS TRACTOR TRAILER THAT

IS FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND THEN

IT SPILLED ALL THE SLUMBER

ACROSS THE ENTIRE HIGHWAY.

SO IT'S TOTALLY SHUT DOWN.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE MEDIAN

IS OPEN. SO THERE'S ONE LANE

OF TRAFFIC ABLE TO GET BY.

AND IF YOU NOTICE THEY HAVE A

TOW TRUCK, A PRETTY LARGE TOW

TRUCK REPAIR, TOO. GET THE

TRACTOR TRAILER UP ON ITS SIDE.

NOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE

LUMBER OUT OF THE WAY. AND

THERE ARE ABOUT TO FLIP THIS

TRACTOR TRAILER BACK ON A

RIGHT-SIDE UP SO THAT THEY CAN

GET IT OFF THE HIGHWAY. SO IT'S

A HUGE MESS. IT'S GONNA TAKE

TIME FOR THEM TO TOTALLY CLEAR

THIS SCENE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS

HERE IN THE LATEST UPDATE HERE

IS THAT THE MEDIA AND HAS BEEN

CLEARED. AND SO AT LEAST ONE

LANE IS ABLE TO PASSED THROUGH

HERE ON SOUTHBOUND. I-95 IN

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