Overturned tractor-trailer shuts down lane of NC 226 North, driver airlifted to hospital

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — An accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer closed one lane of NC 226 North for an “extended period,” according to a McDowell County Emergency Services press release.

Emergency services and other agencies responded to the accident on Thursday, July 24, around 1:33 p.m.

The tractor-trailer driver was injured and airlifted to Asheville’s Mission Hospital, the press release said…

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