HENDERSON â A late-afternoon car accident that happened on the 500 block of West Andrews Avenue on Tuesday killed two people and left a third hospitalized, police say.
The accident happened at about 5:50 p.m. when a 2009 Honda Prius, driven by Christopher Sanderson, 33, of Red Springs, North Carolina, crossed the centerline as it was traveling east and struck a tree.
On the way it veered in front of a Henderson Police Department cruiser and across the two westbound lanes.
Police said Sanderson and the carâs other occupants, Chadwick Cornell, 48, of Vance County and Jennifer Smith, 34, of Garner were pinned inside after the crash.