Authorities work to free one patient from a vehicle, involved in a three-vehicle wreck Tuesday afternoon.
Photo by Jon Mayhew

WRECK BLOCKS TRAFFIC, SENDS ONE TO HOSPITAL
Accident involves two cars and a UPS delivery truck

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- It was a rough drive for everyone Tuesday afternoon just before 3:30 p.m. An accident involving two vehicles and a UPS delivery truck blocked the intersection of Sigmon Road and North Aspen Street near the State Employee's Credit Union.

A man driving one of the vehicles involved told The Carolina Scoop he was traveling south on North Aspen, heading towards town, when the UPS truck appeared in front of him.

"There wasn't time for me to react, so I tried to go around him," said the driver, who was slightly injured but mostly shaken up from the impact. In the process of going around the truck, he sideswiped another vehicle.

Authorities blocked the northbound lane of N. Aspen Street while investigating the accident.
Photo by Jon Mayhew

The second vehicle struck the UPS truck on the front passenger side. One person in the second car suffered more serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Carolinas Medical Center - Lincoln.

The driver of the UPS truck wasn't injured.

Traffic was rerouted off North Aspen Street through the parking lot of the State Employee's Credit Union onto Sigmon Road. Traffic traveling south on North Aspen was rerouted through the parking lot of an old bar, back onto North Aspen Street.

As of Tuesday evening, the accident remained under investigation. Charges may be pending in the accident.