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Tractor trailer crashes off bridge and catches fire, Durham NC

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Near Old NC 10, Durham, NC 27705

A tractor trailer crashed off I-85 North near Mount Hermon Bridge. The vehicle overturned on the side of a hill on Mount Hermon Church Road and caught fire. The driver was initially trapped but later got out. Emergency crews responded and there were injuries. The roadway was disrupted.

Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Durham EMS, METAWAN, Eno Fire, I-85 North, at 170, motor vehicle crash with injury.
00:08
Durham EMS, Medi-Wan, Eno Fire, I-85 North, at 170, motor vehicle crash with injury, cross-street central 165 and exit 170.
00:20
Ops 3, time out 20,6.
00:27
314 responding.
00:32
314 in route 2007 appears it slipped off of ID5 tractor trailer landed on Mount Hermann Church Road.
00:46
104, you're advising off the Mount Hermon Bridge, not the 170 bridge.
00:51
Affirmative, they're plodding right at the Mount Hermon Bridge.
00:55
The tractor trailer slipped off of IE5, went over the bridge, and landed on Mount Herman below.
01:01
This is a plotted location.
01:17
It's in route.
01:18
This looks like the correct address, the vehicle landed in the 6,900 to 7,000 block Mount Hermann Church Road.
01:26
I'll update the address.
01:32
333 is going to be unseen underneath the bridge of 35 of Mount Hermann.
01:36
We've got a tractor trailer upside down on the side of the hill.
01:40
We'll advise further.
01:44
333 on scene track trailer flat down on the side of the hill, PipeTroll is stating vehicles on fire and driver has not been extricated.
01:56
3.93 response.
01:58
No unit you digitized.
02:04
293 in route.
02:08
3993 in route 209.
02:12
314. I'm on scene.
02:14
I'll be in command.
02:16
We expect the trailer of returns.
02:18
We've got a bystander advising that the driver is out of the vehicle in the interstate.
02:24
It looks like highway rolls up top.

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Near Old NC 10, Durham, NC 27705
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