Fatal tanker crash closes I-42 in Johnston County

Deadly crash closes lanes of I-42 in Johnston County

At least one person was killed in the crash on Interstate 42 in Johnston County.

Fatal tanker crash closes I-42 in Johnston County

The fatal crash closed eastbound lanes of I-42 near Ranch Road after the truck overturned.

One dead in tanker rollover crash

CLAYTON, N.C. (WPTF) – The driver of a cargo tanker is dead after a rollover crash in Johnston County Monday afternoon (March 16). Around 2 p.m. troopers were dispatched to a fatal collision involving a single-vehicle cargo tank rollover on US-70 (I-42 Eastbound) near Ranch Road in Johnston County. The driver of the tanker, 55, Robert Lee Williams, was transporting animal waste (fat) eastbound on US-70. Williams traveled off the roadway to the l…

Johnston County Tanker Crash Leaves One Dead

CLAYTON, N.C. – A Selma man was killed at approximately 2:06 p.m. Monday when his tanker truck overturned on I-42 Eastbound, formerly the US 70 Clayton Bypass, in Johnston County. Robert Lee Williams, 55, was driving a 2026 International truck hauling a tank trailer filled with animal waste eastbound near Ranch Road when he traveled […]