Beach Musician Dies In Crash On Interstate 95

DUNN, N.C. – A well-known beach musician died early Saturday after a collision involving his minivan and a fuel tanker truck on Interstate 95.

Dunn Emergency Services was dispatched just after 2:00 a.m. to the collision in the northbound lanes near the 73-mile marker.

The driver of the minivan died at the scene. He was identified as Howard Douglas Winstead, 67, of Concord. Officials said the minivan, a 2019 Chrysler, rear-ended the tanker truck.

Winstead was a member of the Band of Oz and was returning from a Friday night performance in Lexington, South Carolina when the crash occurred.

Winstead was also formerly a member of The Fantastic Shakers and The Blackwater Band.

All northbound lanes of I-95 were closed for approximately four hours before reopening.