A family, including a child and a dog, avoided injury after their Nissan passenger car was struck by a Mountaire truck at the intersection of Highway 705 and Bensalem Church Road in Eagle Springs on Wednesday morning.
Authorities on scene told Sandhills Sentinel that the car was pulling out of Bensalem Road into the intersection and moved into the northbound path of the Mountaire truck shortly before 10 a.m.
The car was struck on the back passenger side and spun to a stop against a fence. It took extensive damage to the front end, and the airbags were deployed.
Thankfully, the child was riding in the back on the driver’s side.
The Mountaire truck took damage to the front driver’s side and lost a wheel. The driver of the truck was unharmed.
The occupants of the car—a father, child, and their dog—were a bit bruised and shaken up but otherwise avoided serious injury. They refused transport by EMS.
Traffic was redirected and slowed through the intersection while emergency personnel cleared the scene.
Moore County EMS, the Moore County Sheriff’s Department, Eagle Springs Fire Department, and N.C. State Highway Patrol responded.
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Megan Hall | Reporter
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