Bolivia, NC : Man killed in head-on Brunswick Co. crash on Thursday, February 2, 2017

One person was killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision in the 2000 block of Kirby Road near Holden Beach in Brunswick County.

The crash happened a little after 8 p.m. on Feb. 2, according to Coastline Rescue Squad Chief David Robinson.

He said emergency crews responded to a reported "loud collision" on Kirby Road.

John Henry Howard, 84, was taken to Brunswick Health Novant Medical Center, where he later died. The two other people involved in the collision were taken by EMS to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with serious injuries.

According to a highway patrol officer, the passenger in Howard's vehicle is still recovering.

The driver of the other vehicle, William Chandler McHenry, 24, was released from the hospital Monday, Feb. 6.

According to the officer, McHenry went left of center in the road and hit Howard head on.

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