Statesville.com is reporting that authorities said a tractor-trailer suspected of being involved in multiple hit-and-run crashes beginning in Gaston County struck two Highway Patrol cars in Iredell County and then overturned, closing the northbound lanes of Interstate 77 for several hours Saturday night. The driver, Monte Keith Gore, 63, of Bainbridge, Pennsylvania was injured and transported to the hospital by Iredell EMS. Gore was charged with DWI, felony speeding to elude arrest, felony assault with a deadly weapon, failure to heed light and siren, reckless driving, hit-and-run, possession of a controlled substance and damage to state property. The interstate was cleared and reopened for traffic after 1 a.m. Sunday.
