By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 24, 2017

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A truck carrying hogs has collided head-on with a car on a highway in North Carolina, and the highway patrol says the driver of the car is hospitalized in critical condition.

The Goldsboro News-Argus reports () the truck overturned as a result of Wednesday’s collision, forcing the North Carolina Highway Patrol to close U.S. Highway 13. Trooper J.K. Whitley said the driver of the truck was also taken to the hospital.

Whitley said two other cars were involved in the accident, but the condition of the drivers wasn’t immediately available.



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Information from: Goldsboro News-Argus, https://www.newsargus.com

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