ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — An 84-year-old man driving a box truck was killed in a fiery crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 85 in Rowan County, said state troopers in a news release.
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Elmer Lee Carpenter, of Winston-Salem, was driving south on I-85 near mile marker 72 (Peach Tree Road) when the box truck went onto the median, struck a guard rail, before hitting an overhead highway signpost and catching fire.
He died at the scene.
Some lanes in both directions were closed after the wreck.
Speed and alcohol were not contributing factors, according to the preliminary investigation.