03/29/2024
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airlifting-patient-from-bladenboroA tragic single-car crash that ocurred on Saturday afternoon near Bladenboro  has turned into a double fatality, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The crash ocurred at 3:30 p.m. on NC 131 near the intersection of Old Abbottsburg Road.

NC Highway Patrol Trooper K. McVicker said Richard Taylor of Bladenboro was traveling northbound on NC 131 towards Bladenboro when when he drifted left of the centerline and ran off the roadway to the left and struck a drainage culvert.  Taylor was airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center on Saturday. Trooper McVicker said he died of his injuries early Monday.  His wife, Margaret Taylor, was pronounced dead on the scene on Saturday.

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