Man fatally struck after stepping out of car on I-95 in Cumberland County: NCSHP
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 95 in Cumberland County on Thursday morning, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 7:23 a.m. at mile marker 46 near Fayetteville and Doc Bennett Road. An investigation determined a man had parked his vehicle in the south median of I-95 and stepped onto the highway when he was hit, according to the NCSHP. Troopers said the driver of the vehicle that struck the man remained at the scene. Due to the incident, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, I-95 was closed near Exit 46 to N.C. 87 for more than an hour. The road reopened just before 9 a.m. The crash remains under investigation. The man's identity is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
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