This dump truck's path is clearly visible in the dirt on the roadway after the accident. BELOW LEFT: FATALITY—The driver of this Jeep was killed in a collision with a truck last week.

U.S. 21 wreck claims life

A Holly Springs woman was killed May 27 in an accident involving a dump truck on U.S. 21 near Camp Butler and Mountain View roads, according to a report by Trooper R.A. Grogan of the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

Killed in the accident was Carol Jean Schoultz, 53, driver of a 2005 Jeep sport-utility vehicle.

The accident took place at around 4:50 p.m. when a northbound 1996 Chevrolet paving truck, driven by 77-year-old James Thomas Galyean of Galax, Va. swerved off the right side of U.S. 21 to avoid stopped traffic.

 

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