NC - 4 dead, 3 injured after dump truck doesn't stop at stop sign and hits crowd of utility workers - Eden, April 2025

[Clearsky]

4 Dead, 3 Injured After Dump Truck Allegedly Didn't Stop at Stop Sign and Hit Crowd of Utility Workers

Four people are dead and three injured following a dump truck crash in North Carolina — as authorities say the driver allegedly did not stop at a stop sign and ran through an intersection, hitting a crowd of utility workers.

people.com

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash, revealed that on Thursday, April 24, at around 1:30 p.m. local time, 66-year-old Michael Ray Vernon was driving a city-owned dump truck in the area of Carroll Street at Church Street in Eden, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) tells PEOPLE.

 

[TheTeach]

"The dump truck driver, Vernon, has since been charged with a stop sign violation and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. Troopers said they didn't believe impairment to be a factor in the crash."

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MOO. I wonder if some sort of medical event occurred, or if this was distracted driving with horrible consequences. Either way, this is so sad, and many lives changed in a split second.