ROXBORO, NC : 2 teens killed, 3 injured in Person County crash on Saturday, 29th July 2023

Two Person County teenagers died in a crash near Roxboro that also injured three other teens early Saturday morning, officials said.

The single-car crash was reported just before 1:20 a.m. along Shiloh Church Road near Dorothy Brooks Lane, which is about three miles north of Roxboro, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Colby Rice.

The wreck happened when the 18-year-old driver of a 2008 Hyundai Sonata crossed left of the center line, ran off the road and then collided with a tree “at a high rate of speed,” according to a report filed by Rice.

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