On March 17, 2008 a fatal car accident occurred on U.S. 13 in Pitt County, North Carolina that left one man dead and another in critical condition.

A 17-year-old from Farmville, North Carolina drove straight into a Winterville man’s SUV on U.S. 13 in the fatal car accident. The 17-year-old died when his pickup truck caught on fire and burned.

The 49-year-old Winterville man was pulled from his vehicle by several bystanders who pulled over behind the accident. An unidentified woman passenger with the Winterville man got out of the SUV and cried for help as the other vehicle shot up in flames. A nurse and two men ran to the SUV and pulled the man out of the vehicle.

Paramedics who arrived on the scene were able to stabilize the Winterville man and take him to Pitt County Memorial Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

Source: “Wreck victim critical.” Michael Abramowitz, The Daily reflector (http://www.reflector.com/search/content/news/stories/2008/03/19/wreckfollow.html) March 19, 2008