RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina authorities say an 18-year-old male died on Thursday, April 4, after a pickup and an 18-wheeler struck him while he was walking in the middle lane of a Raleigh interstate.
Police said a single-car crash happened just before the man was run over on Interstate 540 east.
Officials didn’t say why the man was walking in the road, and it wasn’t clear whether the man was connected with the original crash.
The incident remains under investigation.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
