Truck driver cited after running a red light near Clayton, injuring two

Two people were injured after a tractor-trailer and a car collided along U.S. 70 Sunday morning, causing part of the road to be closed.

Around 8:15 a.m., the NC Department of Transportation reported the wreck at Guy Road, about half a mile west of Clayton, according to CBS17. The driver of the semitractor-trailer was traveling east on U.S. 70 when the driver of a Dodge Charger was driving on Guy Road through the highway’s intersection.

State troopers said the tractor-trailer driver failed to stop at the red light and hit the Charger. Neither of the drivers have been publicly identified, but the truck driver was cited for failing to stop at a traffic light…

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