Two people died in a head-on collision just before noon on Wednesday in Catawba County.
The crash was reported on Riverbend Road near Oxford School Road. North Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers say a vehicle was being operated by 53-year-old Bradley Joseph Koepnick of Statesville. Another vehicle was being operated by 19-year-old Caroline Elizabeth Ervin of Claremont. Both drivers died at the scene. Neither driver was wearing a seatbelt. There were no passengers.
The roadway was closed for about three hours.