The North Carolina Highway Patrol said a marked Harnett County Sheriff’s Office Dodge Charger traveling east on Darroch Road crossed the center line and crashed into a tractor trailer that was heading west. The Charger then hit a Dodge Durango.
The crash on Darroch Road killed 51-year-old Chris Johnson, a Harnett County Sheriff's deputy who had also previously served with the Sampson County Sheriff's Office and the Dunn Police Department.