UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Highway Patrol said 21-year-old Shad Little and 19-year-old Garrison Smith were killed and several others were injured Friday morning following a serious crash Union County.
Officials said the accident happened on East Highway 218 around 3:45 a.m.
Their Ford F-350 truck was driving on Highway 318 when it ran off the side of the road and hit a tree, according to highway patrol.
Little, Smith and four others were on their way to go duck hunting in Peachland when the crash happened.
@NCSHP confirms that Shad Little and Garrison Smith were tragically killed in a car crash on HWY 218 near Burnsville just before 4 am. Family and friends tell me the two were on their way to a duck hunt with four other friends when the Ford F-350 ran off the road. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/eYZA0x0O5W
— Susanna Black (@SusannaWSOC9) January 1, 2021
Speed and alcohol were not a factor, troopers said.
Officials are checking to see if the driver fell asleep behind the wheel.
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