DUMP TRUCK DRIVER MAY FACE CHARGES

By Jon Mayhew

BOGER CITY -- The driver of a dump truck may face charges after an accident with a pickup truck. The accident happened Thursday just after 8 a.m. when Micael Kimray was pulling out of the Lincoln Forest sub division.

Kimray told authorities he was struck by the dump truck, traveling west on Highway 150. The impact pushed Kimray's truck up an embankment. Fortunately, Kimray wasn't injured but his truck had to be towed.

The dump truck, driven by Jamey Lineberger of Hopewell Church Road, Catawba, then ran off the right side of Highway 150. Lineberger clipped a utility pole, damaging the pole, and crossed Curve View Drive.

Lineberger's dump truck came to rest, overturned, on top of a car hauler parked in the front yard of a residence.

North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper B.E. Hipp said Lineberger was taken to the hospital with what he believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

The Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Enforcement is investigating whether or not the cargo hauler is legal and NC highway Patrol Troopers are still investigating the wreck itself. Charges may be pending against Lineberger.

As of Thursday evening, the accident remained under investigation.