WINSTON-SALEM, NC. (THECOUNT) — Nevaeh Angel Hurdley, 20, and Brianna Dawn McCall, 22, have been identified as the two women killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. 421 South in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A third occupant was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department.
Officers responded shortly before 2:55 p.m. Sunday, October 18, to the area of U.S. 421 South near the Silas Creek Parkway exit in Forsyth County, within the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina.
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Investigators said the 2001 Toyota was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control, struck the median guardrail and hit trees. The vehicle overturned, ejecting all three occupants. None of the occupants was wearing a seat belt, police said.
Hurdley, the driver, and McCall, a passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene. The third occupant was transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries described by police as non-life-threatening. Authorities have not publicly identified that person in the information available.
The Winston-Salem Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the crash. Police have not released additional details about the events leading up to the collision.
Winston-Salem is in Forsyth County in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad, a region that also includes Greensboro and High Point. The crash occurred on southbound U.S. 421 near the Silas Creek Parkway exit. Google Maps — approximate reported highway area; exact crash location not verified
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