A multi-vehicle weekend crash that killed a Mount Olive pastor and injured several others involved an off-duty Durham police officer, the city’s police department confirmed Tuesday.
Joseph King, 52, an off-duty corporal with the Durham Police Department, was driving his Honda Civic around 9:45 p.m. when he allegedly ran a red light and struck a church van the Rev. Justin Shane Heath was driving. According to the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred at the intersection of N.C. Highway 210 and Old State Road.
King has since been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. Heath, an apostle, was visiting the area to attend a revival at Freedom Life Church in Angier, about 44 miles from Durham. In a report by WRAL, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol reported that king and six other people involved in the collision were taken to local hospitals for their injuries…