Fatal wreck on I-140

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A man is dead after a tractor trailer wreck on I-140 in New Hanover County near the Castle Hayne exit.

According to Highway Patrol Trooper K.B. Parker, 63-year-old Edward McKee was traveling east when he lost control of his tractor trailer truck. He ran into a median causing the truck to overturn, and leaving him dead at the scene.

Highway Patrol says neither alcohol nor speeding are suspected in the accident.

McKee was from Scranton, SC.