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Collision causing major traffic jam on U.S. 52 near King
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Published: May 31, 2009
Updated: 05/31/2009 04:56 pm
KING - A pickup truck pulling a camper-trailer sideswiped a N.C. Highway Patrol car parked on the shoulder of southbound U.S. 52 Sunday near King causing traffic to back up for more than a mile, observers said.
The sideswipe collision occurred at about 3 p.m.just north of Exit 123 serving King and Tobaccoville.
No one was hurt in the collision, Sgt. Mike Brooks of N.C. Highway Patrol said.
The incident occurred after a trooper stopped two vehicles, a white van and a pickup truck, on the shoulder of the highway for traffic violations when a 2003 GMC pickup pulling a camper trailer ran off off the road, Brooks said.
The right front of the camper trailer hit the side of the white van and the trooper's car while the officer was sitting in the driver's seat.
The collision peeled the camper's siding back side leaving debris littering the roadway.
Charges were pending Brooks said but alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the wreck, Brooks said.
He declined to release the names of either the trooper or driver involved.
It took authorities about 3 hours to completely clear and reopen the roadway, observers said
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