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4 days ago
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1 dead after impaired driving suspect on I-77 in Mooresville crashes into a tree
A passenger died along Interstate 77 in Mooresville Friday night after a driver suspected of speeding and being impaired crashed into a tree, State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Casey said. Timmy Hillard Hartsoe Jr., 43, of Conover, died at a hospital, Casey said in a news release. Hartsoe was in a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck whose driver lost control about 8:20 p.m. on I-77 South near mile marker 39, the trooper said. That's north of N.C. 150 Exit 36. The driver, 39-year-old Floyd Dale Davis II of Newton, veered off the right side of the highway and hit a tree on the passenger side of his truck, Casey said. Davis was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, the trooper said. Charges are pending, Casey said. The Highway Patrol has to finish its investigation and discuss charges in consultation with Iredell County prosecutors, he said. The wreck closed I-77 South for about two hours as troopers investigated.
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4 days ago
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Fatal accident reported on I-77 in Mercer County
MERCER COUNTY, WV (WVNS) – A fatal accident occurred on I-77. Mercer County 911 received a report of an accident at 2:38 a.m., according to a press release. Mercer County woman sentenced for witness tampering conspiracy in sex trafficking case Deputies with the Mercer County Sheriff's Department responded and found a tractor trailer had hit a vehicle that was parked on the right, alongside the road near the I-77 5-mile marker southbound. The vehicle that was hit had 3 people inside. 2 of the people inside the vehicle were found to be dead after further investigation. The third person was badly injured. The tractor trailer driver additionally sustained some minor injuries. The Bluefield Rescue Squad, East River Fire Department, Mercer County Sheriff's Office Accident Reconstruction, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement units, and the West Virginia Division of Highways helped on the scene. The names of those who were killed in this accident have not been released at this time out of respect for their family members. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
