SAMPSON COUNTY, N.C. — A truck driver has been hospitalized with severe burns and other injuries after their trailer exploded during a crash on Monday, April 15, along Highway 13 and Lee Allen Pope Lane in North Carolina.
According to the Spivey Corner Fire Department, the trailer was full of frozen turkeys.
Authorities said the trailer’s back wheels caught fire, which caused an explosion.
The truck belongs to M&M Transportation out of Fisher, West Virginia.
Further details about the incident weren’t released.
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An explosion, really?? His brakes caught fire and caught the trailer on fire. Pretty simple..It didn’t even catch the reefer tank on fire.
why didn’t the driver use his jakes! and gear down, instead of smoking his brakes……. at least he let down the landing gear and detached the truck……. He did one thing right…..
Wishing the driver a speedy recovery. That being said I don’t know how many of these brake failure accidents there has to be until they Crack down and train the students to drive the trucks and not just pass a test. there’s a whole lot more to know then how to back through some cones.
Note to self: Be more careful cooking the turkey this year.