ELKIN – The N.C. Highway Patrol is investigating an accident on southbound Interstate 77 north of Elkin in which one person was killed.
The single-vehicle accident happened about 1 a.m. between the Mitchell River exit and the C.C. Camp Road exit, dispatchers said.
Three people were taken to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. One was later transferred to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where the person died this morning, authorities said.
The names of those involved have not been released.
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