13-05-2025
Greensboro woman dies after car goes off I-40 East on-ramp, hits tree, police say
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A woman died on Tuesday after a car she was driving crashed into a tree off the I-40 East on-ramp, according to a Greensboro Police Department news release.
Around 12:14 a.m., Greensboro officers, Greensboro firefighters and Guilford County EMS responded to the on-ramp of I-40 East from West Wendover Avenue when they were told about a vehicle that had crashed.
Erica Trenise Caviness, 38, of Greensboro, was driving a silver Nissan Sentra on the on-ramp of I-40 East when her car ran off the right side of the road.
The car then went down an embankment and hit a tree. Caviness was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she died.
The passenger was also taken to a hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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