Deasia Washington, 19, and her mother Veronica Williams, 50, die when their car collides head on with semi-truck on State Highway 33 near Princeville, North Carolina
19-year-old and mom killed in head-on crash with 18-wheeler, North Carolina cops say
The mother was driving on an Edgecombe County highway when the car went across the center line. The car hit a tractor-trailer head-on, Trooper Caleb Johnson with North Carolina State Highway Patrol told McClatchy News in a phone interview.
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