ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. — An 80-year-old man died in a head-on wreck with a tractor-trailer Friday morning in Alexander County, troopers said.
James D. Durmire, of Hiddenite, was driving a 2002 Chevy Tahoe eastbound on U.S. Highway 64 near Boston Road when he crossed the centerline, hitting an 18-wheeler head-on.
Durmire died at the scene.
The tractor-trailer driver was not injured.
Speed and alcohol were not a factor in the collision, according to the initial investigation.
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