By Kevin Spradlin
PeeDeePost.com
A Durham man was injured early Friday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving left Highway 74 and ran into a guardrail on the Anson County side of the Pee Dee River bridge.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers from both Richmond and Anson counties responded to the scene. Trooper K.J. Hower said it seemed that Dwayne Nelson, 48, was traveling east at about 1:20 p.m. in his 2012 Peterbilt truck, owned by Arnold Transport, when “for some reason, his brakes locked up.”
Hower said the vehicle crossed the center line, left the roadway and hit a guardrail just before the bridge. The incident ended up “blocking a good part of 74” for up to 45 minutes.
Nelson was transported by Anson County EMS to Anson Community Hospital in Wadesboro for treatment. Hower said the driver was “banged up pretty but (but) nothing life-threatening.”
Anson Rescue Squad and Watson Wrecker Service also responded to the scene.
Hower said Nelson was cited for failure to maintain lane control.