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Michael Paul Baker, 10, and his mother Belinda Shrewsbury Baker, 54, both die when their car collides with semi-truck on N.C. Highway 27 in Lincoln County, North Carolina

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Modified Date: 
Wed, 08/10/2022 - 11:22pm
Accident Date: 
Monday, August 8, 2022

10-year-old and mom die after family’s car collides with tractor-trailer, NC cops say

State troopers said the mom was behind the wheel when she was turning out of a parking lot in Lincoln County. As she entered N.C. Highway 27, she pulled “into the path of the tractor-trailer,” state troopers told McClatchy News in an email.

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Type: Truck Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved, Right of Way/Failure to Yield
People Involved: 
Michael Paul Baker
Belinda Shrewsbury Baker
Roadway: 
N.C. Highway 27
County: 
Lincoln County, NC
Area: 
Charlotte, NC