On April 4, 2008, State Highway Patrol found two men and one woman dead in a flipped car outside of Cherryville, North Carolina after a fatal car accident. The wreckage from the car accident wasn’t discovered for more than 12 hours after the car accident happened.

A relative of one of the victims found them when he realized they never reached their destination. Authorities suspect speed was a factor in the car accident, and have said the car was traveling northwest on Bud Black Road when it ran off the road and hit an embankment. Troopers also suspect alcohol was involved in the car accident.

Source: “Three found dead hours after wreck,” News14.com, April 5, 2008 (http://news14.com/content/headlines/594554/three-found-dead-hours-after-wreck/Default.aspx).