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Rebecca Hodge Williams, 24, and her newborn baby son Riley Andrew Williams, killed after car crash on County Line Road in Gastonia, NC

Date:

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Area:

Charlotte, NC

A pregnant woman died in a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday afternoon in Gastonia. Rebecca Hodge Williams, 24, collided with another car on County Line Road. She was pronounced deceased at the crash site. CPR was performed on Williams by a trooper and a nurse, providing oxygen to Williams' baby who was due on Jan. 19. The 7-pound, 5-ounce baby was delivered via cesarean section at Gaston Regional Hospital and then transported to Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte. The baby boy, named Riley Andrew Williams, later died in a Charlotte hospital.