LUMBERTON, NC (WBTW) – One person was killed after a car ran off the road hitting a tree near Lumberton.
According to Trooper Robbie Terry with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the driver was traveling east on Highway 74 near mile marker 202 at around 3:15 p.m. The driver went off the road, into a ditch and struck a tree, the car then caught fire.
The driver died and was the only person in the vehicle.
The driver’s name has not been released yet.
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