CLAYTON – A medical emergency is believed to have caused a fatal head-on collision Friday night in Johnston County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Troopers said Gus Drellos of Clayton was driving southbound on Barber Mill Road around 8:53 p.m. on August 8 when he experienced a medical episode. His red Chevrolet Equinox crossed the centerline near Vinson Court and struck a northbound white Subaru SUV head-on.
Drellos, who was alone in his vehicle, died at the scene. Investigators believe Mr. Drellos suffered a medical episode just moments before the collision. Speed and alcohol were not a factor for the 79 year-old driver…