Lives lost in on-duty collisions.
For the second time this year, and on successive Sundays, a Black NC Highway Patrol trooper has lost his life in the line of duty, this time in a collision with a wrong-way driver.
The NC Highway Patrol reports that Master Trooper Steven J. Perry, 30, was killed when a vehicle traveling the wrong way collided with his patrol cruiser on NC 147 near Swift Avenue in Durham sometime before 3 a.m. Sunday, March 1, 2026.
The other driver, identified as Melshawn Moore, 39 of Kinston, was also killed in the accident. There were no other passengers involved in either vehicle. Authorities say Moore may have been impaired, and that he has a record of impairment. The investigation is ongoing…