CATAWBA CO., NC – The North Carolina Highway Patrol says an underage girl and a 19-year-old died after an accident involving a suspected impaired driver.
The crash happened around 2:15 Thursday morning on Boggs Road near Hunsucker Drive in Claremont.
Troopers say 21-year-old Braiden Cole lost control of a 2013 Ford Fusion, crossed the center line, drove off the left side of the road, overturned and hit several trees.
Paramedics took Cole and a front seat passenger to the hospital.
The Highway patrol says two backseat passengers, an underage girl and 19-year-old Savanah Saine, of Valdese, died.
Troopers say they were not wearing seatbelts.
Braiden Cole is charged with driving while impaired and two counts of felony death by motor vehicle.
