Two people were killed and an infant was injured in a crash involving a passenger vehicle and a commercial truck in Washington County on April 1, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The incident occurred at approximately 11:42 a.m. on N.C. 32, just south of N.C. 99. Authorities reported that a Ford passenger car, driven by 42-year-old Harry Spruill of Plymouth, crossed the centerline and struck an empty Freightliner grain truck traveling southbound.
Both Harry Spruill and a passenger, 37-year-old Whitney Spruill, were pronounced dead at the scene. A second passenger, an infant, was transported to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Freightliner was uninjured.
Emergency responders arrived on the scene, and the incident remains under investigation by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.