3 dead in Durham County Easter Day crash after suspects flee traffic stop: NCSHP
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has released new details about a deadly crash in Durham County late Sunday afternoon that resulted from suspects fleeing a traffic stop. According to the Durham County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a call on Easter just before 6:30 p.m. about the occupants of two vehicles firing shots in the area of the 8200 block of Ball Road. Deputies said they located the vehicles traveling south on Roxboro Street. When they attempted a traffic stop, the vehicles fled. One of the suspect vehicles, a 2003 Infiniti, traveled south on U.S. 501 when it crossed the center line and crashed head-on with a northbound Honda CR-V driven by Sandra Marie Moore of Bahama near Roxboro Street and Latta Road. It then struck a Lincoln Navigator traveling north, according to the NCSHP. Troopers said the two occupants of the suspect vehicle, a driver who has not been identified as of Monday morning and passenger Mercedes Toledo-Goss, were ejected. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Moore was also pronounced dead at the scene, according to the NCSHP. According to the NCSHP, the occupants of the Lincoln Navigator were transported to Duke Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The second suspect vehicle has not been located, as of Sunday night. The incident remains under investigation. The driver of the suspect vehicle in the crash will be identified when the next of kin is notified.
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