A male motorcycle rider died in a collision with a pickup truck on Friday morning. The crash happened at the intersection of Bass Road and North Carolina Highway 24-27 near the Sky Mart in Cameron around 5:30 a.m.
Though first responders administered CPR on the unidentified motorcyclist after arriving, their attempts were unsuccessful.
Authorities said the truck was turning left on Bass Road and hit the oncoming motorcycle. Charges are pending against the truck driver, who was not injured.
Early morning traffic backed up for over a mile on the state highway. Many drivers turned around on the less busy rural Bass Road or were forced to find alternate routes while authorities investigated the scene.
Cypress Pointe Fire and Rescue, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, and Moore County EMS responded.
~Article and photo by Sandhills Sentinel journalist Stephanie M. Sellers. Stephanie is also an English instructor at Central Carolina Community College. She is the author of When the Yellow Slugs Sing, Sky’s River Stone, GUTTERSNIPE: Shakespearean English Stage Play with Translation, Amagi, Amagi Study Guide, and EZ Essay Study Guide for Holocaust: A History.Â
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