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1/16/2010
Angela Colley
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Fatal Truck Accident On I-95 In Harnett County, NC, Leaves 2 Dead

An early-morning truck and car accident in Dunn, North Carolina, left two men dead on I-95 this week. North Carolina police said that 55-year-old Bert William Baytops and 38-year-old Tralina Covington were driving a car they had bought to Jacksonville, North Carolina, when the car drive off of the roadway and hit a guardrail. As the car spun out of control on the highway, a truck driven by Jeffrey Drumm slammed into the car, whose headlights were no longer working. The tractor-trailer rear-ended the car.

NC Highway Patrol said that Covington was ejected from the car while Baytops was killed inside the car, which caught fire after impact. Drumm did not suffer any injuries in the NC truck accident.

NC police are not sure why the car originally ran off of Interstate 95, though the early-morning time of the truck accident may have involved fatigue or sleeping behind the wheel.

Category: Crashes Caused by Trucks

Labels: Dunn truck accident fatal I-95 truck accident interstate 95 accident NC truck accident truck accidents and fatigue


About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm whose attorneys focus on injury law and have experience handling truck accident cases. Check out our truck accident case results and download our free consumer guide on what to do if you get into a wreck with a commercial truck. We serve every area of North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, Nags Head and the western mountains, as well as all the cities and counties in between. In South Carolina, we cover the state from Myrtle Beach and Charleston to Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Rock Hill, Darlington, Aiken, Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2010 and have been listed in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. The firm has been recognized as one of the Best Injury Law Firms in North Carolina for personal injury plaintiffs since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, and our firm has the highest rating of AV from national lawyer ranking organization Martindale-Hubbell. That means we have a reputation for demonstrating preeminent legal skill.

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