Wilson County officials have identified two of the four victims in a devastating wrong-way crash that occurred Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 301 near Mobley Road, just outside Lucama.
Authorities confirmed that Greta Lynette Pender-Ray, 53, and Brandi Jyasia Sherrod, 21, were driving the correct way when their lives were tragically cut short.
The collision, which happened around 4:49 p.m., involved two vehicles traveling in opposite directions. Investigators revealed that one car veered the wrong way, resulting in a fiery head-on impact. The crash caused one vehicle to overturn off the road, while the other was engulfed in flames, complicating the identification of its occupants.
Both individuals in the wrong-way vehicle remain unidentified due to the extent of the fire damage. Tragically, all four people involved in the collision lost their lives. U.S. Highway 301 was closed and reopened at about 8:30 p.m. as investigators from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol worked to determine the cause of this horrific accident.
