A woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Southern Pines Sunday evening. The 911 call came in just before 7 p.m. about a crash in front of McDeeds Creek Elementary School on Camp Easter Road. The first arriving emergency crews found a vehicle upside down with a woman still inside. A second rescue unit was requested to assist.
As firefighters worked to extricate the woman from the vehicle, a child’s car seat was found. This initiated a search of the surrounding woods for any sign of a child. After a short while, they were able to determine there was no child involved in the wreck.
About 25 minutes after the extrication began, EMS pronounced the woman deceased at the scene…