OXB BANKS FATAL CRASH : a minutes ago 3 die 6 Injured , after Route 12 crash friday on Outer Banks just now..
OXB BANKS FATAL CRASH : a minutes ago 3 die 6 Injured , after Route 12 crash friday on Outer Banks just now..
A Rodanthe man and two women from the Southside area of Virginia died after a head-on crash Monday morning on Route 12 on the Outer Banks.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol says it happened just before 11 a.m. on Hatteras Island, 10 miles south of Nags Head City limits, near the Pea Island Visitor Center.
They say the driver of a Dodge Minivan, 25-year-old Elijah Midgette, didn’t take a curve heading south and went straight into a Chevrolet SUV that was heading north. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the SUV was carrying five woman from Virginia, and the driver and driver’s side backseat passenger both died at the hospital. They were 68-year-old Carolyn Elmore, from Bracey, Virginia, and Elizabeth Sadler, of Black Ridge, Virginia.
The three other women in the SUV, ages 66, 76 and 74, were also taken to the hospital for their injuries.
Highway patrol says it’s still unclear if speed or alcohol were factors in the crash, which closed the portion of Highway 12 for more than two hours on Monday.
The driver fled the scene, but bystanders gave a detailed description and the UTV registration returned to 57-year-old Porter Williamson of Chesapeake, said Currituck County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeff Walker.
While towing the UTV, deputies saw Williamson return to the scene, but he fled again and was caught after a short foot pursuit, Walker said. Williamson was charged with resisting, delaying or obstructing law enforcement and jailed on a $10,000 bond. Deputies also charged his wife, Rhonda Williamson, on the same charge for “false information to law enforcement,” Walker said. She was jailed on a $5,000 bond.
