Two wrecks were reported in Brunswick County on Tuesday.
According to Brunswick County Emergency Services Director Anthony Marzano, an 18-wheel log truck rolled over on Cherrytree Road in Winnabow at about 8:20 a.m.
Crews temporarily closed the road while they cleared the scene, Marzano said. The driver was taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.
A North Carolina State Highway Patrol vehicle was involved in a wreck at 8:40 a.m. on Ocean Isle Beach Road near Old Georgetown Road.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Sgt. C.M. Hardee said while Trooper K.E. Whitfield was headed north on Ocean Isle Beach Road to report to the Cherrytree Road wreck, he hit a rut on the side of the road, lost control of his vehicle and slid into a ditch.
Hardee said the trooper’s lights and siren were on.
Check back for more on this developing story.
