Officials in the town of Old Fort, North Carolina, shared a touching tribute to a dump truck driver who lost his life when his brakes failed earlier this month.
The crash took place on the morning of June 17, 2025, as 65 year old Georgia resident Ralph Hibbert was making the six-mile decent on eastbound I-40 into Old Fort, North Carolina, as part of Hurricane Helene relief efforts.
Witnesses told police that Hibbert tried to apply his brakes but did not slow and was traveling at an estimated 75 to 80 m.p.h. when he took Exit 73 after reportedly bypassing truck escape ramps on the interstate. The dump truck crashed into a building under construction in the 500 block of Bat Cave Road and Hibbert was ejected, WLOS reports. He passed away at the scene…