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Trucker killed in I-80 crash

Updated: October 24, 2012 6:34AM



MORRIS — A North Carolina man died after his semi truck hit a car, jackknifed and then crashed into another semi truck Thursday afternoon on Interstate 80, authorities said.

About 2:09 p.m., Norman Hargus, 41, of Lenior, N.C., was driving a 2009 red Freightliner box truck west on I-80 when it hit the back of a silver Kia Soul near Route 27, state police reported.

The Freightliner jackknifed and struck the back of a 2012 blue Freightliner box truck, the police said.

Hargus died at the scene.

The cause of the accident remained under investigation.





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