WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Two women were struck and killed by a tractor-trailer early Saturday morning on U.S. Highway 52 in North Carolina.
WXII reports that Heather Singleton, 31, and Elizabeth Goins, 30, had stopped their vehicles in the southbound right-hand lane of the highway and exited their vehicles. A tractor trailer crashed into Goins’ vehicle and struck the two women as they were standing in the roadway.
Winston-Salem Police Department said that the women were dead when they arrived at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators. The women’s next of kin have been notified.
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