North Carolina National Guardsman Killed in Crash with Deputies

N.C. National Guard soldier killed in crash with sheriff's deputies
WRAL News
December 6, 2015
SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. —

One National Guard soldier was killed and another injured Saturday night after the men were involved in a crash with two deputies from the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office.

Highway Patrol troopers said that a vehicle occupied by the two soldiers ran a stop sign on N.C. Highway 144 in Laurel Hill and struck a Scotland County Sheriff’s Office vehicle head-on.

The soldier sitting in the passenger’s seat of the vehicle, Andre Nelson, 22, of Lumberton, was killed. Authorities said they believe Nelson was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The other soldier and driver of the vehicle was identified as Rasheed McLain, 24, of Fayetteville. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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