CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — Officials say two people died and one person was injured in a two-car collision in Catawba County Monday afternoon.
According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, at about 2:55 p.m., state troopers responded to a collision on Old Shelby Road near Mountain Grove Road in Catawba County.
Authorities say a 2013 Nissan Maxima crossed the centerline, while going around a curve, and collided with a 2003 Pontiac Montana.
The driver of the Nissan, 37-year-old Kasi Benfield, of Hickory, and the driver of the Pontiac, 68-year-old Brenda Evans, of Connelly Springs, were both pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the Pontiac, 83-year-old Sue Ann Howison, of Hickory, was taken to Frye Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Troopers say alcohol impairment is not a factor in the crash and no charges will be filed.
