PITTSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — A young man from Hoke County died when his car was hit by a wrong-way driver who was fleeing troopers in Chatham County on Friday night, officials said.
The crash happened around 8:47 p.m. along U.S. 421 while a suspect’s vehicle was heading south in the northbound lanes amid a chase, according to a North Carolina State Highway Patrol news release.
Justin Williams, 21, of Raeford, was driving in the correct direction along the highway when his car was hit head-on by the car of the fleeing suspect, North Carolina Trooper Lt. Christopher D. Knox said in the news release…