I-40 in Duplin County reopens after tractor-trailer accident

DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) -A tractor-trailer overturned on a highway in one Eastern Carolina county, closing it to traffic throughout the morning and early afternoon.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation says a log truck overturned East of Wallace, near Highway 41 South around 7:00 a.m.

The Wallace Fire Department posted on social media that multiple fire crews were on the scene between Exit 385 and Exit 390 on I-40.

The Department of Transportation closed one of the two I-40 eastbound lanes over a five-mile span from Exit 385 to Exit 390. The accident was near Exit 388.

The road re-opened around 1:30.