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1 killed in Union County wreck, Highway Patrol confirms

UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A portion of Lancaster Highway was shut down Thursday night after a fatal crash.

Highway Patrol confirmed one person died after a car appeared to go under a tractor-trailer around 9:30 p.m. near Fletcher Broome Road in Monroe.

Authorities identified Joan Mitchell Boyle, 54, as the woman killed in the wreck.

No further information has been released.