MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – Three people are dead and one person has been hospitalized following a crash Monday evening near the McDowell-Rutherford County line.
Around 7:39 p.m., McDowell County officials were dispatched to the crash in the 12000 block of US 221 South. The highway was closed for nearly three hours as officials investigated the incident.
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According to the NC Highway Patrol, a white 2025 Honda Pilot attempted to pass several vehicles and was unable to return to the southbound lane of travel when they hit a black Toyota GR86 head-on in the northbound lane of travel.
The Honda then ran off the road to the left and overturned, according to troopers…