RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Troopers said they believe a North Carolina dad fell asleep while driving his family along Interstate 85 early Saturday morning, smashing into a stopped fire truck in Granville County.
The crash, which killed two Charlotte parents, one of their children, and injured a second child, was reported around 4 a.m. Saturday, on northbound I-85 near mile marker 197 at the Smith Road overpass, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
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A previous wreck in the same area was about to clear the highway — but a Providence Volunteer Fire Department truck was parked in the left lane, about four miles north of the Durham County line, Sgt. AA Chehaitli of the highway patrol told CBS 17.
The fire truck, which had all emergency lights activated, was parked to keep traffic away from troopers dealing with the earlier wreck, Chehaitli said…