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3 killed in head-on car crash when driver crosses center line, NC officials say
Troopers responded to the crash at about 7 p.m. Friday, June 27, in Wilkes County, according to a North Carolina State Highway Patrol news release.
According to an investigation, the driver of a Jeep Liberty — identified as 62-year-old Randy Lee Johnson — crossed the median line on a road and hit a Nissan Altima. Johnson died at the scene, officials said.
Vickie Gustafson Key, 72, who was riding in the backseat of the Altima, also died at the crash site, according to officials.
The driver of the Altima, 34-year-old Jonathan Andrew Laws, was airlifted to a hospital where he died, officials said. Laws was an officer with the Wilkes County Sheriff's Department, according to an obituary.
Two other passengers in the Altima were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, officials said.
The State Highway Patrol said speed and alcohol were not involved in the crash.
'The Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Fire families of Wilkes County are struggling today due to a significant loss. Please keep all agencies in your thoughts and prayers,' Wilkes County EMS said in a June 28 post on Facebook.
The Wilkes County Sheriff Office remembered Laws as 'a proud father, devoted husband, caring son, and a brother to admire' in a June 30 Facebook post.
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