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A tractor-trailer ran a red light, striking two cars and crashing into a Comfort Inn in Shelby, NC.

Two drivers sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a local hospital.

The Comfort Inn was evacuated for structural assessment, and Highway 74 westbound was temporarily closed.

A tractor trailer carrying a load of lumber ran a red light at the intersection of Marion Street and Highway 74 early Thursday morning, struck a car and then ran off the road and into the side of Comfort Inn near Cleveland Mall, according to Shelby Police.

Police Chief Brad Fraser said at around 5 a.m., the semi-truck was traveling west on Dixon Boulevard when it ran the light at the intersection, t-boned one car and sent it crashing into a second car before the truck hi

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