1 dead, 1 charged in head-on Robeson County crash, highway patrol says
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the person who died in the crash. We apologize for the error.
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — A woman was killed and a man has been charged after a two-vehicle head-on crash in Robeson County over the weekend, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.
Dominique Anthony Chavis was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and driving left of center, but was not jailed because he sustained serious — but not life-threatening — injuries, First Sgt. S.B. Lewis said. The crash killed Ethel Mae Locklear.
The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday on McGirt Road near Juanita Road north of Maxton, according to Lewis. Chavis' vehicle, a 2011 Honda CR-V, was traveling west on McGirt Road when it went left of center and crashed head-on with Locklear's vehicle, a 2020 Chevrolet Impala.
Locklear was pronounced dead at the scene, Lewis said. Another person in Locklear's vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries, while two others in Chavis' vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Lewis said impairment is not suspected and speed does not appear to be a factor.
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