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Two passengers die when van overturns
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Published: August 10, 2009
Deep Gap - Two passengers died Sunday afternoon when the van they were riding in overturned, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Antonio Jose Martinez, 27, and Marcial Jimenez Munoz, 40, both of Fleetwood, were thrown from the 1994 Dodge van and died, said a Highway Patrol spokeswoman.
The accident happened at 1 p.m. on Brownwood Road in Watauga County.
The driver, Jose Luis Reyes Valles, 24, of Fleetwood, has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor death by vehicle, according to a report by Trooper D.B. Searcy.
The report says that Valles was traveling south on Brownwood Road when he lost control of the van in a curve, went left of center, steered back right and went off the road, then came back on the road and overturned several times.
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