Sampson County, NC : Newton Grove woman dies in single-car wreck on Thursday, 5th August 2021

A single-car collision Thursday claimed the life of a Newton Grove woman not far from her home, the second fatal wreck in that area of northern Sampson County in a three-day span.

The wreck occurred at 7:45 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 701 in the Newton Grove area, approximately one-tenth of a mile south of South Church Street.

According to reports from the N.C. Highway Patrol in Sampson County, a 2009 Ford Escape, operated by Dwendolyn Thornton Hudson, 76, of Harper House Road, Newton Grove, was traveling south on U.S. 701 when it ran off the right side of the roadway and struck the curb. After impact, the vehicle traveled onto private property and struck a pine tree, before coming to rest partially in the southbound lane of U.S. 701.

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