PENDER COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Lisa Nixon McMillan and William Donnell Bryant have been identified as the victims in a double-fatal crash Tuesday morning near Burgaw, North Carolina.

According to the N.C. State Highway Patrol, McMillan, 45, and Bryant, 44, were killed in a collision on U.S. 117 near Old Savannah Road in Burgaw on Tuesday.

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McMillan was operating a Dodge Ram 1500 on U.S. 117 just before 8 a.m., when for unknown reasons, she crossed centerlines and struck Bryant’s Chrysler 300 head-on.

Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

No further information on the crash was provided by officials.

According to a Facebook post from the Thyme Savor Catering, Bryant was a sous chef for the company, reports WECT.

“Very sad day today. We lost one of our own friends and Sous Chef William Bryant in a tragic car accident on his way to work. If you knew Will you immediately loved him and his personality. He was a special person to all of us in so many ways. He loved working a A Thyme Savor and it showed in his work ethic and attitude everyday. You could not spend a day in the kitchen with him and not have more than a few chuckles from the friendly banter that we always exchanged. He loved fishing and his friends but most of all he loved his family and God. We will all miss you soo much and as bad as it hurts right now we will find peace in knowing that you are sitting with the MAN now and at rest. RIP Will and may you catch a 1000 fish every day up there”

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Geo quick facts: Burgaw is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,872 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Pender County. Burgaw is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.