{"id":18890,"date":"2025-02-21T11:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/truck-driver-charged-in-fatal-53-vehicle-pileup-on-north-carolina-interstate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:49:20","slug":"truck-driver-charged-in-fatal-53-vehicle-pileup-on-north-carolina-interstate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/truck-driver-charged-in-fatal-53-vehicle-pileup-on-north-carolina-interstate\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver charged in fatal 53 vehicle pileup on North Carolina interstate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_84\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A truck driver is facing charges in connection with a fatality that occurred during a large pileup crash in North Carolina on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The pileup began around 3 p.m. on February 19 on I-40 westbound at the I-85 southbound connector near Hillsborough, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMeteorologistTimBuckley%2Fposts%2F1203119537839231&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Officials say that a crash occurred at 3:02 p.m. on westbound I-40 at Exit 261, then a second crash occurred at 3:24 in the same location.<\/p>\n<p>These two crashes stopped traffic and sparked a 53 vehicle pileup along the I-40\/I-85 connector.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the I-40 pileup, a tractor trailer driven by William Crowell Kellam, 44, of South Carolina, struck the rear of a car driven by Jerolyn Day Wilson, 78.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson died in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064454211580&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWtX5M2ESdh7YJ4lupmOd8F-S_kT5tNWfW3jTy9YYqfj6bOgBFpqG8iq4Zt4P0M8K1KQL13YbFwlugmE8IUt6d6RY0T6r8goweLbjEEBCi1dhCM3XdLkFWusdYNtcd0CwkEYj6oc0I2POn-rQbwKCqDoYJdbw4qbzIhgf9HrUmI76BwpQ9YZvrxp6Q4XUThG-Y&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\"><strong>Orange Rural Fire Department<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0reported \u201cmultiple non-life threatening injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/weather\/i95-south-truck-overturns-icy-conditions-selma-feb-2025\/\">WRAL <\/a>reports that Kellam was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and exceeding safe speed for conditions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 dead after 53-vehicle crash on snowy I-40 in North Carolina\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dTwMPqA05N4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdllife.com\/2025\/truck-driver-charged-in-fatal-53-vehicle-pileup-on-north-carolina-interstate\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A truck driver is facing charges in connection with a fatality that occurred during a large pileup crash in North Carolina on Wednesday. The pileup began around 3 p.m. on February 19 on I-40 westbound at the I-85 southbound connector near Hillsborough, North Carolina. 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