A 70-year-old Harrisburg woman died Tuesday in a multi-car wreck in Cleveland County early Tuesday morning.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A 70-year-old Harrisburg woman died Tuesday in a multi-car wreck in Cleveland County early Tuesday morning.
N.C. State Highway Patrol said the accident occurred north of Exit 5 (Dixon School Road). The agency said the wreck involved four vehicles.
A tractor-trailer slowed as it approached a lane closure due to roadway construction. Two other cars, a Kia and a Tesla, also neared the construction zone.
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NCSHP said the tractor-trailer collided with the Kia, and the Kia hit the Tesla. The Kia collided with the tractor-trailer. In the final impact, the tractor-trailer and the Kia came to rest in the right southbound I-85 lane.
During the collisions, the Tesla ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a guard rail. Another tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the roadway, coming to rest partially in the right southbound lane of I-85.
The Kia driver, identified as 70-year-old Arlene Bulanda, died at the scene. Emergency personnel took three occupants in the Telsa to Atrium Cleveland Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The drivers of both tractor-trailers did not suffer injuries.
N.C. State Highway Patrol took Alexander Feldman, of Hallandale, Fla., into custody and charged with misdemeanor death by a motor vehicle at the scene.
The collision investigation is still ongoing at this time.
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