LENOIR, N.C. — Police are investigating a crash Wednesday night that left two people dead in Lenoir.
Officers said the single-vehicle crash happened around 8 p.m. on Valway Road.
Investigators said Darrell Proffit and Elizabeth Collins died when their truck ran off the road and hit a tree.
Police are trying to determine whether speed or weather may have played a role in the wreck.
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