SMITHFIELD – One driver was seriously injured and another driver arrested for suspicious of impaired driving following a head on crash around 6:00am Saturday. The accident was reported in the 3500 block of US 301 South in front of the former Holt Lake BBQ restaurant.
Initial reports indicate the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup was headed southbound on US 301 and crossed the centerline colliding head on with a northbound BMW SUV.
The driver of the SUV was severely pinned in the wreckage. It took firefighters some time to free the victim before they were rushed by Johnston County EMS to Wake Med with serious injuries.
The driver of the pickup was not injured. They were arrested by Smithfield Police for suspected DWI.
The accident remains under investigation.
