THOMASVILLE, NC : One man has died following a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in Thomasville on Friday June 2, 2017
Thomasville, North Carolina
One man has died following a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in Thomasville, according to a press release from the Thomasville Police Department.
The accident happened at 7:16 p.m. Friday evening in the 1100 block of National Highway, near Business 85.
Aaron Chase Sellars, 23, of Thomasville, died after his motorcycle, a Suzuki GSXR 1000, clipped a Ford Mustang that was stopped in the inside, southbound lane of National Highway, waiting to make a left turn into Old Dominion Freight Line. Sellars’ motorcycle then struck a Ford Focus head-on.
The investigation indicates that two motorcycles were traveling south on National Highway at a high rate of speed. One of the motorcycles passed the Mustang in the right, southbound lane while the other motorcycle, driven by Sellars, passed the Mustang by going left of center.
Sellars died at the scene. No other injuries were reported. Alcohol was not a factor in the accident, which is still under investigation. Identifications of other drivers involved in the incident were not released.
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