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North Carolina State Trooper Killed in Wrong-Way Crash
Master Trooper Steven J. Perry was killed by a suspected impaired wrong-way driver on NC-147; both drivers died in the head-on collision, officials said.
- Sunday, Master Trooper Steven J. Perry, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, was killed in a wrong-way head-on crash on Durham Freeway near Swift Avenue, authorities said.
- Radio traffic suggests the crash was first reported shortly after 2:30 a.m., and police closed the northbound side of N.C. 147 near Swift Avenue just before 3 a.m.
- The other vehicle was a 2015 Nissan Altima driven by Melshawn Moore, 39, of Kinston, and authorities say impairment on Moore's part is suspected.
- The crash blocked a 2-mile stretch of the Durham Freeway near Swift Avenue with a detour in place and an expected reopening by noon as the Collision Reconstruction Unit leads the investigation.
- The State Highway Patrol asked the public to keep Perry's family and the Patrol family in their thoughts and prayers and said celebration-of-life details will be shared later.
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Daily PressNC state trooper among 2 dead in wrong-way Durham Freeway crash
Two people were killed, including a state trooper, in what officials are describing as a wrong-way crash on the Durham Freeway early Sunday morning. Master Trooper Steven J. Perry was reportedly struck by a wrong-way driver while Perry was on duty on the Freeway, also known as N.C. 147, according to a Facebook post by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The other driver also died, the post says. The post doesn’t indicate what time the crash…
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