Bond set at $2.5 million for Walkertown man charged in fatal crash on I-77 South: NCSHP
STATESVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol arrested and charged a man after two people were killed in a crash on 1-77 South Saturday night. At 10:10 p.m., the NCSHP responded to a fatal crash on I-77 South near mile marker 32. A 2006 Ford F-250 was traveling south on I-77 when it struck a southbound 2023 Kia Sportage, causing both vehicles to travel off the right side of the road and hit a guardrail. This caused the Kia to overturn. The driver of the Kia, Jessica Lyndsay Horton, 47, and a passenger, Patricia Marie Osorno, 47, both of Mooresville, were ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. The driver of the Ford, Benjamin Wesley Overton, 31, of Walkertown, was not injured. The investigation revealed excessive speed and impairment as contributing factors to the crash, and Overton was charged with: He received a $2.5 million bond and is being held at the Iredell County Detention Center. FOX8 learned Overton has a history of driving while intoxicated in Forsyth County. Court documents show his last offense was in December 2021. Before that, he was charged with a DWI in February 2014 and December 2014. That's a total of three times he's been convicted of a DWI. Outside of the driving offenses, Overton has also faced several other charges. The most recent was in September 2022. He was charged with purchasing a firearm by someone on probation and a violation of a protective order. He was also charged with larceny after breaking and entering in September 2022. His parole was supposed to end for those charges from 2022 on May 4, 2025. The investigation is ongoing, and additional charges are pending.
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