Person dead after being hit by SUV in Orange County while changing flat tire on I-40: NCSHP

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Person dead after being hit by SUV in Orange County while changing flat tire on I-40: NCSHP

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A person is dead after being hit by a passing vehicle while changing a flat tire early Tuesday morning in Orange County. According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers, around 4:38 a.m. they responded to a report of a crash that occurred on Interstate 40 near NC Highway 86. Investigators discovered that a vehicle was disabled and partially parked in the eastbound lane of I-40 near NC-86. The driver of the d…