****UPDATE: Tuesday morning’s wrecks have been cleared as of 9:30 and traffic is moving normally.****

For the second morning in a row, commuters using I-85 in Orange County are experiencing major delays.

A wreck on I-85 northbound just past the Durham County line was reported around 7:30 Tuesday morning and has continued to cause delays.

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Traffic is also slowing to a crawl approaching Hillsborough and is persistent until the merge with I-40. The North Carolina Department of Transportation reported the wreck causing the second set of delays just before 8:30.

A tractor-trailer carrying a load of bananas wrecked on Monday morning causing delays.

There is no timeline for Tuesday’s wrecks to be cleared.

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