ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — An 80-year-old man who was reported missing was killed in a car crash in Durham, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials said Ernest “Ed” Dewitt Johnson, of Stirewalt Road in China Grove, was last seen on Thursday.
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Friday afternoon, officials announced that Johnson had died in a car accident sometime on Thursday.
His family has been notified and he has been removed from the National Crime Information Center database , according to reports.
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