A stretch of Interstate 77 is closed after a serious crash involving eight vehicles in Iredell County. The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on northbound I-77 near Exit 46 for U.S. 70 in Statesville. North Carolina State Highway Patrol said a tractor-trailer was rear-ended by another tractor-trailer,

The multi-vehicle wreck happened just before 2:15 p.m. Friday, March 21, on I-77 North near Amity Hill Road in Statesville. NCDOT reports the road is closed at Exit 45.

A major crash shut down all lanes of I-77 in Iredell County on Friday afternoon, officials report. All lanes of northbound I-77 were shut down on Friday, March 21 near mile marker 46. Two tractor-trailers and “several” passenger vehicles were involved in a crash at 2:10 p.