Article: DOT employee dies in crash.

Byline: Sue Book

Jun. 6--HAVELOCK -- A 4:30 p.m. crash on Adams Creek Road killed one man and closed the road for about 30 minutes Tuesday.

The wreck occurred when a N.C. Department of Transportation utility truck traveling west near the 1700 block of Adams Creek Road ran off the right side of road onto the shoulder and overcorrected, said Sgt. Timothy Daniels of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

That maneuver took the bucket truck to the left shoulder of the road, where it overturned and hit a tree, Daniels said.

He said speed was a factor in the crash.

The highway patrol identified the driver as Brian Lee Spradlin, 38, of Havelock, a DOT traffic service employee. ...

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