Two separate single-vehicle collisions took the lives of drivers during the last 24 hours.
Cameron resident William Gregson, 22, was pronounced dead after being pulled from the wreckage of his car on Sunday afternoon, following a 4:06 p.m. call to authorities.
According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Gregson was travelling south on Lakey Siding Road and swerved across the center line before colliding with an embankment and the treeline. He was alone in the vehicle.
Monday morningâs accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m., when a 2008 Chrysler minivan was traveling south of Aberdeen on US 15-501. The driver swerved to the right near an intersection with Heflin Road and ran off the road at a high rate of speed, striking a tree.