HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — The High Point Police Department is investigating a fatal crash caused by a “failure to yield.”
Just after 7 a.m. on Tuesday, officers were called to Lexington Avenue and Cook Street about a crash. Upon arrival, they found man, identified as Douglas Gregory Haggerty, of High Point, dead at the scene.
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Investigators say that Haggerty was riding a moped on East Lexington Avenue and was hit by a vehicle turning off of Cook Street that failed to yield. The driver was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle, failure to yield from a stop sign and no operator’s license.
This is the 8th traffic fatality in High Point in 2024.
The roads were closed for several hours while investigators cleared the scene.
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