IHAYWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Two drivers are dead and an eight-year-old was hurt after a head-on crash near the Haywood-Buncombe County line, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol (NCDOT).
Troopers said the call came in at around 1:08 p.m. after a pickup traveling west to Haywood County on US-19 crossed the center line, hitting a Ford Explorer traveling east head-on.
According to NCDOT, the driver of the pickup was ejected and both drivers died at the scene.
Officials identified the victim in the pickup as 37-year-old Harry Joseph Marker of Charlotte and the driver of the Ford Explorer as 57-year-old Melissa Anderson Luther.
Officials said the child was in the Ford Explorer and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Stay with FOX Carolina as we work to learn more.υ
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