A large pile-up took place Friday, Feb. 27, on North Carolina Highway 87. According to authorities a white pickup truck collided with a large tanker truck after water from a underground spring flowed into the road and froze. The trucks collided and soon caught fire, which ignited the fuel that spewed from the larger vehicle. The driver of the pickup, 30-year-old Saul Vasquez, died at the scene. Authorities had to completely close down Highway 87 down for several hours, re-routing the traffic, as best they could, down Highway 210. When the crash occurred, the owner of the house directly in front of the location notified authorities, and along with a group of soldiers on their way to work, began to retrieve Vasquez from the burning wreck.
The owner of the home, Robert McDermott and his neighbors have been complaining to the county for years about the conditions caused by the underground spring. An attempt was made to rectify the spring, but it did little to help.
McDermott said, "Maybe this can bring some resolution to this issue we've been having out here for several years."
- Joshua Bowen
The owner of the home, Robert McDermott and his neighbors have been complaining to the county for years about the conditions caused by the underground spring. An attempt was made to rectify the spring, but it did little to help.
McDermott said, "Maybe this can bring some resolution to this issue we've been having out here for several years."
- Joshua Bowen