GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A woman died in a head-on crash near Stanley early Tuesday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the wreck on Dallas Stanley Highway near Lineberger Street just before 8 a.m.
Troopers said 57-year-old Donna Thompson, of Gastonia, was distracted when she drove across the center line and crashed into another car.
She died at the scene.
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The man driving the other car was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Dallas Stanley Highway was shut down until 11:15 a.m. while police investigated.
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