One dead, another critically injured in wrong-way crash outside of Morganton: NCSHP
Around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, March 3, troopers responded to a crash on Interstate 40 westbound near South Sterling Street (NC-18). Investigators believe a 2016 Hyundai Sonata was driving the wrong way on I-40 and crashed into a 2022 Ford Mustang.
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The driver of the Sonata, 76-year-old Carolyn Cooper of Morganton, died at the site of the crash. The driver of the Mustang, 23-year-old Landon Keith Norris of Newton, was taken by a medical helicopter to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte for critical injuries.
Troopers say speed and impairment were not to blame for the crash. No charges will be filed. I-40 was closed for about three hours during the on-scene investigation.
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