Driver airlifted after I-40 crash

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Troopers with The Highway Patrol say charges are pending in a Monday morning crash on Interstate 40.

It happened near Burgaw, exit 398, just after 7:00 a.m.; troopers say the driver of a Saturn sedan rear-ended a tractor trailer heading west. The driver was airlifted from the scene; there’s no word on his condition at this time. There were no other passengers in the vehicle.

Troopers say charges are pending in the investigation.