Three people are dead after a fiery head-on collision shut down a stretch of US 158 near Happy Hill Road in Guilford County in the early morning hours Wednesday. Troopers responded to the scene shortly after 2 a.m. to find both vehicles engulfed in flames, and the road stayed closed for hours while crews worked the wreckage.
According to WXII, a vehicle traveling north collided head-on with a vehicle traveling south on US 158 near Happy Hill Road in Stokesdale. Both vehicles caught fire as a result of the crash, the station reported, and the road did not reopen until around 5:35 a.m.
As of the station's report, it remained unclear what caused the crash. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol had not publicly identified the three people killed, citing the ongoing investigation, the outlet noted.
What Comes Next for the Investigation
The crash falls under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, which maintains collision data and other public safety information through the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Troopers have not released further details about what led the two vehicles to meet head-on along the stretch of highway near the Guilford County line, and no additional findings had been made public at the time of the earlier report.
For now, the identities of those killed remain undisclosed, and the cause of the collision is still under investigation. Hoodline will update this story as officials release more information.
