BELMONT, N. Carolina - A Warren man has died in a traffic accident in North Carolina.

Police in the City of Belmont report that 72-year-old Tony Angelona was injured Wednesday afternoon when the box truck he was driving rear-ended a 5-axle tractor-trailer along Interstate 85 in that community.

Police say Angelona failed to reduce his speed when he encountered the tractor-trailer that was traveling in the right lane of the interstate.

Angelona was taken to Caromont Regional Hospital where he died shortly after from injuries he suffered during the crash.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.