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Police: 73-year-old man killed in Union Co. wreck

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Union Co. fatal wreck
One person died after a tractor-trailer and a work truck collided in Union County Wednesday morning.

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Police: 1 dead in tractor-trailer wreck in Union Co.

UNION COUNTY, N.C. —

One person died after a tractor-trailer and a work truck collided in Union County Wednesday morning.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Highways 200 and 218 around 8:40 a.m.

Police said the driver of the work truck, Larry Mitchell Smith, 73, died at the hospital.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Albert Lee Grantham, was not injured in the accident.

Police said Grantham ran a stop light at the intersection and hit Smith's truck.

Grantham has been charged with misdemeanor death by a vehicle and failure to stop at red light.

A passenger in the work truck, Paul Griffin, was transported to Carolinas Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.





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