NC Family Members ID’d In Tuesday Morning Quadruple-Fatal Halifax Vehicle Crash

HALIFAX COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — The four people killed in an early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 125 in Halifax County, North Carolina, have been identified as, Jacques Jamal Dickens, 27, of Tarboro, Ta’Nautica Shanay McDowell, 17, and Jamal Terrence Sherrod, 27, both of Speed and London McDowell, a toddler who was not strapped in a car seat.

Shakierra Shanae’ Antanette McDowell, 25, also of Speed, was ejected from the back seat of the vehicle and transported to an area hospital.

Troopers said Dickens, the driver, crossed the center line and the car veered off the road into a ditch and hit a highway sign and several trees before coming to a stop, reports WRAL.

Dickens and Sherrod, neither of whom were wearing seatbelts, were also ejected from the car.

Troopers suspect reckless driving caused the crash. It was not immediately known whether drugs, alcohol or other impairment were a factor.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Geo quick facts: Halifax is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Halifax County – Wikipedia.