STATESVILLE, N.C. — Police were investigating a crash that killed two people Thursday in Statesville.
Michael Watkins, 62, was driving a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee north on Garner Bagnal Boulevard and tried to turn left onto Buffalo Shoals Road when he hit a tractor-trailer, according to investigators.
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The tractor-trailer ran off the road. The truck driver was injured and taken to a hospital.
Watkins and his passenger died at the scene. The passenger has not been identified.
Chopper 9 Skyzoom flew overhead and could see dozens of emergency crews on the scene with the intersection closed for hours.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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