Victims identified in Taylorsville wreck

TAYLORSVILLE, N.C.,None — The NC Highway Patrol has released the cause of a car crash on Friday morning that killed two people.

Kyzer Wilfong, 23, was driving a Subaru east on Millersville Road just before 8 a.m., said Trooper RV McGee with the Highway Patrol. He was on his way to work when he fell asleep at the wheel, McGee said.

Wilfong crossed the center line and struck a Toyota 4Runner that was going west on Millersville Road. McGee said both cars were going at the posted speed limit of 55 mph.

The driver of the 4Runner, Aipin C. See, 75, of Conover, was killed. Also killed in the wreck was See’s wife,Na Bou, 67, McGee said. Although both of them were wearing their seatbelts, Wilfong and a rear passenger in the 4Runner were not, he said.

McGee said no charges have been filed in the wreck, but that it is still under investigation.

WSOC