Three killed in Johnston County crash on US 70

Investigators are looking into what caused a fatal crash along Highway 70 in Johnston County on Sunday morning.
Posted 7/21/2024, 11:11:00 AM Updated 7/21/2024, 11:16:59 PM

CLOUDS. THEY WERE TOLD THIS TO

LIGHT SHOWERS ON THE WAY.

3 PEOPLE DIED IN A CRASH THAT

CLOSED PART OF U.S. HIGHWAY

70 AND JOHNSTON COUNTY. THE

CRASH HAPPENED NEAR PINE VALLEY

PARKWAY OUTSIDE PINE LEVEL

AROUND 2 IN THE MORNING.

TROOPERS TELL US A DRIVER IN A

PICKUP TRUCK WAS DRIVING THE

WRONG WAY AND HIT ANOTHER F

ONE. 50 BEING DRIVEN BY 21

YEAR-OLD WILLIAM BUCK LONG.

43 YEAR-OLD CAMERON JONES THE

WORLD WAY DRIVER DIED. MACRON

AND A PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE.

53 YEAR-OLD MARK BRASWELL ALSO

DIED. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE

ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR IN THE

CRASH. ONE MAN WAS SHOT AT AN

APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR LAKE

BOONE TRAIL EARLY THIS MORNING.

YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST 7 RALEIGH

POLICE VEHICLES AT THE CRIME

SCENE IN THIS VIDEO FROM THE

WRAL BREAKING NEWS TRACKER.

NOW, ONE NEIGHBOR TOLD WRAL

SHE HEARD AT LEAST 2 GUNSHOTS.

WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN IF THE

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