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Portion of U.S. 52 closed as crews cleanup cigarettes, batteries that spilled into creek during crash

A multi-vehicle crash closed a stretch of US 52 for several hours on Sunday morning. Now, crews will be at the site of the crash cleaning up contents spilled from a tractor trailer for the next several days.

Portion of U.S. 52 closed as crews cleanup cigarettes, batteries that spilled into creek during crash

A multi-vehicle crash closed a stretch of US 52 for several hours on Sunday morning. Now, crews will be at the site of the crash cleaning up contents spilled from a tractor trailer for the next several days.

BUILD AN ALLIANCE AGAINST IRAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M IN FOR MARGARET JOHNSON. HAPPENING NOW, THESE IMAGES ARE INCREDIBLE. STATE TROOPERS SAY THERE ARE NO INJURIES FROM A MULTI-CAR CRASH INVOLVING A TRACTOR-TRAILER. THE CLEANUP CONTINUES TODAY. MEREDITH STUTZ IS LIVE. WHAT IS ALL AROUND YOU? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE HERE BY THE BANKS OF THE CREEK. ABOVE ME IS U.S. 52 NORTHBOUND AND ALL AROUND ME ARE THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTS OF TOBACCO AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF SMOKING PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE ONE IN MY HAND. AN ESTIMATED $1 MILLION IN DAMAGE FROM THAT CRASH. CREWS LIKE THE ONES BEHIND ME ARE PICKING THEM UP USING MACHINES AND EVEN USING THEIR HANDS TO TALK THEM INTO THE TRASH AND. HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS ME THE CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT 2:00 YESTERDAY IN THE MORNING. WE ARE TOLD THAT TRACTOR-TRAILER REPORTEDLY CRASHED INTO A PICKUP TRUCK AND THAT A GUARD RAIL, CAUSING A TRAILER TO TROUBLE BELOW. -- TUMBLED BELOW. WE ARE TOLD THAT THE TRACTOR-TRAILER WAS HEADED ALL THE WAY TO COLORADO. WE ARE LEARNING THAT THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF THE CRASH AND ANYBODY HAS BEEN CHARGED, HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED BUT I’M TOLD BY THE CLEANUP CREW IS GOING TO BE A COUPLE DAYS TOGET EVERYTHING CLEANUP. >> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS COMING NEXT. WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU GOT A FREE MINUTE, YOU JUST WANT THIS EXTRACTED SO NOBODY GOES DOWN TO IT. MEREDITH: CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT ALL MORNING, AND WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE CLOSURES AND DELAYS ON U.S. 50 KILLED SHOULD CONTINUE, COULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE ENVIRONMENT DOWN HERE IS THE MAIN PRIORITY GOING FORWARD. ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS NEED TO BE PICKED UP. I’M TOLD TOMORROW, CREWS WILL ACTUALLY HAD WITH NETS DOWN TO THE REVEREND TO TRY TO PICK UP EVERY PIECE OF PRODUCT THAT
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Portion of U.S. 52 closed as crews cleanup cigarettes, batteries that spilled into creek during crash

A multi-vehicle crash closed a stretch of US 52 for several hours on Sunday morning. Now, crews will be at the site of the crash cleaning up contents spilled from a tractor trailer for the next several days.

A portion of U.S. 52 North is shutdown Monday as hazmat crews continue to cleanup debris from a weekend crash involving a tractor-trailer truck.One lane will be shut down as crews work to clear Toms Creek nearby after a tractor-trailer carrying smoking products and cigarettes crashed into a pickup truck before hitting a guardrail near Exit 132.Carolina Southern, the tractor-trailer hauling company, told WXII an estimated $1.1 million of product was lost during the crash, including the $250,000 vehicle. Investigators said the crash happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday near Pilot Mountain. The investigation into the crash is ongoing. According to Surry County Emergency Management Services, the driver of the pickup truck was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured. Cleanup crews tell WXII, teams in kayaks will head out Tuesday to pick up product and remaining litter in Toms Creek and Yadkin River.

A portion of U.S. 52 North is shutdown Monday as hazmat crews continue to cleanup debris from a weekend crash involving a tractor-trailer truck.

One lane will be shut down as crews work to clear Toms Creek nearby after a tractor-trailer carrying smoking products and cigarettes crashed into a pickup truck before hitting a guardrail near Exit 132.

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Carolina Southern, the tractor-trailer hauling company, told WXII an estimated $1.1 million of product was lost during the crash, including the $250,000 vehicle.

Investigators said the crash happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday near Pilot Mountain.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing.

According to Surry County Emergency Management Services, the driver of the pickup truck was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.

Cleanup crews tell WXII, teams in kayaks will head out Tuesday to pick up product and remaining litter in Toms Creek and Yadkin River.