THOMASVILLE, N.C. — Highway Patrol said troopers are investigating a deadly crash in Thomasville Monday morning.
The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. on Unity Street near Sunrise Avenue in Randolph County. Troopers said 22-year-old Jakob Jordan Stanley of Sophia, N.C., was traveling north on Unity Street in a 2014 Ford Fusion before crossing the center lane and hitting Wayne E. Garrett, 50, V.A., the driver of a 2017 Hino box truck head-on.
Stanley died on the scene while Garrett was uninjured from the crash.
Troopers said Unity Street was closed for almost four hours in both directions in Randolph County before reopening at 10:43 a.m.
Detectives are still investing in the cause of the crash.