Cypress Pointe Fire/Rescue, Moore County EMS and the North Carolina Highway Patrol were dispatched to a wreck on the U.S. 1 By-Pass in Vass near Crains Creek Road just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The wreck was originally dispatched as a pedestrian being struck but upon the arrival of Engine 214 and Rescue 219 it was determined that a car had struck a moped from the rear and the driver of the moped had been thrown into the air striking the car and then landing on the roadway.
Fire/Rescue personnel treated the severely injured moped operator and requested Carolina Air Care. Moore County EMS assumed patient care while Engine 211 established a helicopter landing zone at the Vass Park. Patient care was transferred to Air Care and the patient was flown to the University of North Carolina Trauma Center in Chapel Hill. The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the inicnident.
