GRANITE FALLS, N.C. — A Granite Falls man is dead after a deadly crash early Monday morning, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. Monday morning on Grace Chapel Road near Quail Creek Drive.
The NCSHP reports that a 1999 Ford Explorer was headed north on Grace Chapel Road when it drove off the opposite side of the road and hit a tree.
The driver has been identified as 63-year-old Charles Rodney Allison, Jr., who died at the scene of the crash.
Grace Chapel Road was closed for about two hours after the crash in order for authorities to conduct an investigation. Initial findings show that speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash.
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