Two people were seriously injured Friday morning as the result of a motor
vehicle crash in Caldwell County.
Lenoir Police responded just before 7:30 to the 300 block of Creekway
Drive. A preliminary investigation revealed that a pickup truck was traveling
north, when vehicle crossed three travel lanes into opposite lanes of travel
and first collided with an SUV and then struck a van.
The driver of the SUV, 67-year-old Rachel Greer of Lenoir, and a passenger
in the van, 87-year-old Velvie Smith of Lenoir, were flown to a Charlotte
hospital and listed in critical condition. A 6-year-old passenger in the pickup
truck was taken to a Winston-Salem hospital and her condition was identified as
stable. The driver of the truck, 22-year-old Luke Calhoun of Valdese was treated
at Caldwell UNC Healthcare and released.
Lenoir Police charged Calhoun with Driving While Impaired, Driving While
License Revoked and a Lane Control Violation.
The investigation is continuing and additional charges are pending.
Anyone with additional information about the case should call Lenoir Police
at 757-2100 or Crimestoppers at 758-8300.
A convicted felon is charged in McDowell County with possession of a
firearm by a felon.
42-year-old Jerry Laquint Logan of Marion was charged by the McDowell
County Sheriff's Office after an early morning vehicle stop March 4th on
Highway 221 North. According to the Sheriff's Office, Logan's vehicle was
operating erratically.
A search of the vehicle turned up a handgun. Logan was convicted in 1999 in
Buncombe County on three cocaine charges.
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