A crash involving a FBI agent completely shut down the outer loop of Interstate 485 near Steele Creek Road Thursday afternoon.
According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, an on-duty FBI agent driving a black SUV was parked on the left shoulder off the highway when a pickup truck veered off the road and crashed into the SUV.
Three people suffered potentially life-threatening injuries and the driver of the pickup truck was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center—Main.
Witnesses say the woman driver of the truck that struck the SUV was speeding.
Highway Patrol directed traffic off of I-485 at the exit ahead of Steele Creek Road while crews worked to clear the scene.
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