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Three people were taken to a local hospital after a head-on collision in Durham Wednesday afternoon around 3:15 p.m. A van headed west on Holloway Street crossed the center line and struck an SUV between North Hyde Park Avenue and Calvin Street. The impact then pushed the SUV into a third vehicle. The drivers of the van and the SUV as well as a passenger in the van were receiving treatment for serious injuries.
A woman was killed in a fiery crash involving a large truck that shut down Business 85 south Thursday morning.
Courtney Ann Sanford, 32, of Clemmons, died at the scene of the crash around 8:30 a.m. near Baker Road. The truck driver wasn't injured.
Sanford's 2005 Toyota Corolla was going north on Bus. 85 when it crossed the median and hit a metal recycling truck heading southbound, police said. The truck ended up hitting a tree.
The car's flames were quickly extinguished, police said. No one else was in either vehicle.
A double fatal accident shut down all southbound lanes of Interstate 95 for several hours early Wednesday morning.
The crash happened around 3 a.m. near exit 95 and U.S. Highway 70 Business in Smithfield, not far from the Carolina Premium Outlets.
Witnesses say a Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck was travelling in the northbound lanes when it crossed the median, turned upside down, and struck a Dodge minivan -- shearing the top off the van.