ANGIER – The State Highway Patrol has released the identity of a motorist who died in a three vehicle accident on NC 210 near Old Stage Road, at the Harnett-Johnston County line. The accident was reported Monday at 5:27pm.
Troopers said Gregory Wayne Cornell, age 53, of Clayton was traveling southbound on NC 210 in a Chevy Tahoe when his SUV crossed the centerline and collided with a Ford box truck headed northbound. After the impact, a tire came off the Tahoe and struck an Angier police patrol vehicle traveling southbound behind the Tahoe.
Cornell died at the scene from his injuries.
The driver of the box truck, whose identity was not immediately released, was transported to WakeMed with unknown injuries.
The Angier police officer was not injured.
The accident remains under investigation by Trooper J.L. Burton.
