RALEIGH, NC : 1 person dies in wreck on icy N. Carolina road on Sunday, January 8th 2017

Gov. Roy Cooper says a car skidded off an icy interstate in North Carolina, killing one person.

The death Sunday morning in Montgomery County south of Asheboro is the first reported death from this weekend’s winter storm in the state. It is the fourth death from the storm in the U.S., all in vehicle wrecks.

Cooper says two other people in the car were seriously injured when the vehicle slid into a tree on Interstate 73/74. The names of the people killed and injured were not released.

He says 2,640 customers remained without power late Sunday afternoon in 37 counties.

The governor also gave an update on the two hikers rescued in western North Carolina, saying they suffered from hypothermia.

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1 person dies in wreck on icy N. Carolina road