HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — One person was killed following an overnight crash on I-485 inner, Medic reports.
According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the crash happened at around 3 a.m. I-485 Inner between Exit 30 (I-85) and Exit (32) US-29 was closed for about 3 hours.
According to NCSHP, a Chevrolet passenger vehicle was traveling on I-85 NB when the driver took the on-ramp from I-85 NB onto I-485 Inner. Officials said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it ran off the road and into the median where the vehicle overturned. The driver was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead on the scene, officials said.
The vehicle the victim was in continued traveling another 160ft on I-485 before coming to a stop in the travel lanes and about one minute later, 2 other vehicles traveling on I-485 Inner hit the vehicle that was stationary in the roadway. Both drivers in those vehicles sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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