A 17-year-old Thomasville teenager was killed Friday night when the SUV she was driving left US Highway 64 in eastern Davidson County, struck several trees and overturned. Katelyn Christine Keegan was ejected during the crash and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
According to The Dispatch, the crash occurred near Heath Church Road at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 6. The black SUV, driven by Keegan, had been traveling east on US 64 when it left the right side of the roadway, hit the trees and flipped. Keegan, who lived on Running Stream Lane in Thomasville, was thrown from the vehicle in the crash.
The State Highway Patrol said no additional information was immediately available as investigators continued to examine the circumstances surrounding the collision, per the same report.
Who Was Katelyn Keegan
An obituary posted by Davidson Funeral Home offers a fuller picture of the teenager's life. It says that in 2024, Katelyn moved to Thomasville, North Carolina, and later transferred to East Davidson High School, where she completed her senior year while also participating in wrestling, according to the Davidson Funeral Home listing. After the move, she attended Oak Ridge Military Academy.
The obituary identifies her as Katelyn Christine Grisolia-Keegan in the body text, though the page title lists her as Katelyn Christin Keegan — a discrepancy between the two name forms that appears directly on the funeral home's own page. She is survived by her mother, Akxsi Grisolia-Keegan; her father, Wayne Arthur Keegan Jr.; her siblings Brian Wobser, Brandon Wobser, Kevin Wobser and Jeffrey Grisolia-Keegan; and her grandparents Yoli Grisolia and Diexsi Grisolia, the obituary states.
Another Deadly Crash On The Same Stretch Of Highway
The Heath Church Road area of US 64 has seen at least one other fatal wreck reported in recent coverage. FOX8 WGHP reported on a separate three-vehicle crash near that same stretch of highway that also caused a power outage in the area. In that crash, the passenger-vehicle driver, Carrie Garner Craver, 48, of Lexington, was pronounced dead at the scene, and troopers said charges were likely to be filed against the tractor-trailer driver involved, according to FOX8 WGHP. That incident is a separate case from Keegan's crash, and no broader pattern or statistics connecting the two has been established.
No cause has been released for the crash that killed Keegan, and the State Highway Patrol has not indicated whether speed, road conditions or any other factor contributed to the SUV leaving the roadway. Troopers said the investigation into the circumstances of the collision remains ongoing.
