A Durham police officer was fired Wednesday, weeks after officials said he was involved in a crash that killed a Wayne County pastor and former sheriff’s deputy last month.
Pastor Justin Heath was driving congregants home in a church van after a revival service on Oct. 17 when a vehicle ran a red light and collided with the van on the Johnston County/Harnett County line, according to ABC11, The News & Observer’s newsgathering partner.
Off-duty Officer Joseph King, a corporal in the Uniform Patrol Bureau, was driving the vehicle that hit the van, authorities said…