RIEGELWOOD, NC – A driver is facing a number of charges following a multi-vehicle crash near Riegelwood that claimed the life of his passenger on Thursday afternoon.
According to WECT, 29-year-old Nicholas Fellers was behind the wheel of a box truck when it collided with an 18-wheeler that had stopped for construction on NC-87 near Old Lake Road.
The passenger in the box truck, 35-year-old Gabriel McCurdy from Thomasville, suffered fatal injuries in the crash.
Fellers was taken to a local hospital with unspecified injuries. He was subsequently charged with failure to reduce speed and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in connection with the crash.
It is unclear whether anyone else suffered injuries in the crash. Our team will update this news blog as any further developments are made public.
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