Fatal crash reported on night of fire that destroyed historic Caudill’s Electrical Company building in Kernersville
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) -- A woman died in a crash in a stolen vehicle in Kernersville on Saturday night hours before a historic building burned down, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The building was recognized as a historical Kernersville structure, built in 1897 as the Harmon and Reid Mill before becoming Caudill’s Electrical Company in recent years. According to a press release from the Kernersville Fire Rescue Department, at 10 p.m., emergency personnel were still battling a “commercial structure fire” at 208 East Bodenhamer Street. At 2:50 a.m. Sunday, Kernersville Fire Rescue confirmed that more than 60 firefighters from multiple local agencies assisted with bringing the fire under control, including: At the time of the fire, there was also a car crash in the area involving downed power lines. FOX8 was told that around 9 p.m., Isabelle Rose Lawson, 25, was driving a stolen Chevrolet Corvette when she lost control and hit several power poles. Lawson was the only one in the car. She was thrown from the car during the crash and died at the scene. Caudill’s released the following statement on Facebook Sunday morning regarding the fire. Kernersville Fire Rescue released the following update at 1:25 p.m. Sunday:
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