Truck carrying trees crashes on Highway 321 in Granite Falls

HICKORY, N.C. — The southbound lanes of Highway 321 are closed Friday afternoon in Granite Falls after a truck carrying trees crashed near Captain's Galley.

The Hickory Daily Record told Channel 9 reporter Dave Faherty that a truck swerved to miss a drunken driver and crashed on the highway.

The accused drunken driver has been taken into custody.

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