CARY, N.C. (WNCN) – A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper who died in the line of duty earlier this month was laid to rest after a funeral service in Cary Wednesday.
Master Trooper Steven J. Perry was killed in the early morning hours of March 1 following a head-on crash on N.C. Highway 147 in Durham County, according to authorities.
Investigators said Perry’s patrol vehicle was struck by a wrong-way driver, identified as Melshawn Moore, 39, of Kinston. Moore also died as a result of the collision…