ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Three lanes were shut down on Interstate 85 South in Rowan County. 

A vehicle crash occurred at 4 p.m. just south of Peeler Road (Exit 71), according to N.C. Department of Transportation. Traffic was backed up past mile marker 75, and impacted many Salisbury-area roads.

NCDOT says the incident cleared by 6 p.m.