RALEIGH, NC – A driver of an 18 wheeler was charged Saturday afternoon, September 4, after his semi trailer truck slammed into the back of a passenger vehicle that was stopping at a traffic light in Wake County, North Carolina. The rear-end truck accident occurred on Capital Boulevard near the city of Wake Forest, NC. The accident area is just north of the state capital of Raleigh in the central section of NC, about 77 miles east of Greensboro, NC and about 152 miles southwest of Suffolk, Virginia.
The semi truck driver traveling behind the Nissan was reportedly going too fast and was unable to slow down or maneuver to avoid a collision.
On Saturday afternoon 54 year old Juan Santos Oviedo was driving a semi trailer trailer truck south on Capital Boulevard near the city of Wake Forest, NC. It is not known what the truck driver was carrying in the trailer section, the company he worked for, or his destination.
At the same time 28 year old Jason Thomas Reed was in front of the 18 wheeler truck, driving a silver Nissan passenger truck. According to police at the time of the truck accident Mr. Reed was on his way to a local hospital to pick up his newborn son and wife and bring them home.
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At about 4:30 p.m. Saturday as the two vehicles traveled south on Capital Blvd. they approached the juncture with Burlington Mills Road. The intersection is controlled with traffic lights. According to witnesses the light turned yellow and Mr. Reed applied his brakes and began to come to a stop. The semi truck driver traveling behind the Nissan was reportedly going too fast and was unable to slow down or maneuver to avoid a collision.
The semi trailer truck slammed into the back of the Nissan truck, crushing the back section of the smaller vehicle and pushing it into the intersection. After rear-ending the Nissan, the semi trailer truck continued moving forward, careening through the intersection and crashing into a utility pole on the side of the roadway.
Local police and emergency medical personnel rushed to the scene of the rear-end truck accident. Mr. Reed was able to crawl out of the passenger side of his Nissan.
The force of the truck accident broke the utility pole. The truck driver reportedly hit a second pole before the 18 wheeler truck finally came to a stop. Fortunately no other persons or vehicles were involved in the truck accident.
Local police and emergency medical personnel rushed to the scene of the rear-end truck accident. Mr. Reed was able to crawl out of the passenger side of his Nissan. He was treated and stabilized at the site and then transported to Rex Hospital in Raleigh with minor injuries. The hospital is the same one where his wife Rebecca gave birth to their son Carter last Thursday.
The truck driver was not injured in the truck accident.
Police shut down a section of Capital Blvd. in both directions around the crashed semi trailer and the demolished Nissan. The closures would back up traffic for miles as drivers were rerouted around the site of the truck accident. The northbound lanes of Capital Blvd. between Burlington Mills Road and Durant would remain closed overnight while highway crews worked to get the disabled vehicles off the traffic lanes.
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Authorities investigating the truck accident conducted a reconstruction and their preliminary findings point to the truck driver, Mr. Oviedo, being at fault for the collision. It is not known if police suspect drugs or alcohol as being factors in the truck accident. The semi trailer truck may be inspected by the NC State Commercial Trucking Unit to determine if there was a mechanical failure that contributed to the crash.
At this point in the truck accident investigation the driver, Mr. Oviedo, has been charged with Failure to Reduce Speed.
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