Driver charged after pickup rollover off I-540 embankment k…

Car Crash North Carolina Today in North Carolina: A 2008 Ford F-350 pickup truck driven by Joshua Phillip Lewis, 36, was traveling east on Interstate 540 near the Neuse River Bridge in Wake County around 9:45 a.m. on June 20, 2026, when a tire blew, causing the truck to sideswipe another vehicle, strike the median guardrail, and roll down a steep embankment. A 13-year-old front passenger was killed in the crash. Lewis was hospitalized and later charged on June 22 with misdemeanor death by vehicle and unsafe tires, and was arrested on Monday after being served the warrant.