North Stokes High senior killed in crash on way to prom Saturday evening

STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — A 17-year-old was killed Saturday in a vehicle crash in Stokes County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

Troopers said they responded to a collision on NC 8 near Sawmill Road at approximately 6:09 p.m. on Saturday evening. An investigation revealed that a 2002 Ford Taurus was traveling north on NC 8 when it “drove off the right side of the road, overcorrected, crossed left of center leaving the roadway to the left.”

The car traveled through a yard and crossed a driveway before striking two trees, according to State Highway Patrol. Seventeen-year-old William James Turner of Madison was pronounced dead at the scene…

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