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SMITHFIELD – Traffic delays were reported Friday afternoon following a two vehicle accident on US 70 Business near Yelverton Grove Road.
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A passenger car and pickup truck collided, sending the driver of the car to the hospital. The operator of the pickup truck was not injured.
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Smithfield and Pine Level Fire units along with Johnston County EMS and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to the 3:30pm incident.