Wrong-way driver sparks crash on I-40 West with child injured, Orange County NC
Concern rises as a wrong-way driver on I-40 West forces a silver Toyota to swerve, causing a crash near mile 262 that injures a 9-year-old boy with a head injury and ringing ears.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
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Medic 1, I-40 West,
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at 262, motor vehicle crash with injury.
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Medic 1, I-40 West, at 262, motor vehicle crash with injury, cross-street's entrance 23 and exit 261, UPS 3, time of 0-0-023.
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Engine 234, Battalion 204, Nouveau,
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Fire, I-40 West, at 262, motor vehicle crash with injury.
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Engine 234, Battalion 204, Nouveau Fire, I-40 West, at 262, motor vehicle crash with injury.
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Cross Streets and...
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To 261, opts 3.
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Time of 0,023.
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Did 234s are out?
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Take one and out.
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It's not the I-40 Westbound near the 262 colorvice that there was a wrong way driver, a black car.
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They had to swerve to keep from getting hit head-on and wrecked their car during a silver Toyota Hybrid pulled off to the shoulder.
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There's one patient at this time, a 9-year-old male that hit his head.
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It advised there's no bleeding, but he has some ringing in his ears.
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I-40 E, North Carolina
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