Hillsborough, NC – A 30-year-old mother of five children was killed in a New Year’s accident on Interstate 85 northbound in Orange County, authorities said.
Shadeshia Brooks, of Graham, was driving to Durham on I-85 when she lost control of her Ford pickup at the Interstate 40 junction near Hillsborough shortly after 1:30 p.m., authorities said.
The pickup ran off the right side of the highway, hit a guardrail, and tipped over. Brooks, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the truck and killed, authorities said.
Speed was not a factor in the crash, authorities said, but they are still trying to determine whether road conditions played a role.
Northbound I-85 had been closed for a few hours as authorities investigated the crash, but the highway reopened at 4:00 PM.