(QUEEN CITY NEWS) — After roughly 13 months of investigating, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) finished its report on the 2025 crash on I-485 that killed six people.
The July 26, 2025, crash resulted in two vehicles getting stuck under a tractor-trailer that was parked on the side of the roadway.
In the NTSB report, officials noted probable causes for the fatal crash and said that the company of the tractor-trailer, Leonard’s Express, made new rules about parking on shoulders.
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Probable cause
The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the multi-vehicle accident was the 16-year-old driver of the SUV, who was approaching a vehicle at a high speed and made an abrupt turn into the lane that was occupied by another vehicle — a minivan with six passengers…