Reianna Jones, 15, Aaron Judd, 17, Treyvon Mitchell Allen, 21, and Roy Mozingo, 68, killed in wrong-way collision on U.S. Highway 70 Bypass near La Grange, North Carolina
2 teens from Holly Springs, wrong-way driver killed in head-on crash in Wayne County
The crash occurred around 10:45 p.m. in La Grange, near the Wayne and Lenior County line.
Officials said the wrong-way driver, Roy Mozingo, 68, from Kinston, was traveling east in the westbound lanes.
Four people now dead in U.S. 70 wrong-way crash
The Highway Patrol now says four people have died in a wrong-way crash late Sunday night on a busy Eastern Carolina highway.
The crash happened around 10:45 p.m. on the U.S. 70 Bypass west of La Grange and just inside Wayne County.
Holly Springs High students among 4 killed by driver going wrong way on Highway 70: NCSHP
Mozingo died in the crash, along with Treyvon Allen, 21, and Reianna Jones, 15. Aaron Judd, 17, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and died hours later. Jones and Judd were both students at Holly Springs High School.
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