A local resident was killed in a two-vehicle wreck Saturday in northern Sampson County, resulting in charges against a Faison-area man.
Just moments after 8 a.m. Saturday, North Carolina State Highway Patrol authorities responded to a two-vehicle collision on NC 55 at the intersection with Easy Street. According to reports, an AM General farm vehicle was traveling north on Easy Street when it reportedly failed to yield to a second vehicle, a Hyundai Sonata, that was traveling on N.C. 55.
The Hyundai struck the farm vehicle and both vehicles came to rest just west of the intersection.
The driver of the farm vehicle, Victor Hugo Rojas Espejo, 46, of Faison, was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and a yield violation. The driver of the Hyundai, William Anthony Artis, 59, of Warsaw, died as a result of his injuries.
Espejo was belted and impairment is not suspected, according to reports from Trooper W.L. Silance, who investigated the fatal incident. There were no passengers in either vehicle.
