Impaired driver dies after overturning into a creek in Caldwell County: NCSHP

Logan Jennes
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CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An impaired driver has died after an early morning crash turned over his car in a creek in Caldwell County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

Around 3:10 a.m., officials responded to the crash on Calico Road near Townsend Place.

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A 2006 Ford F-250 was going west on Calico Road when it crossed the center line and drove off the left side of the road, highway patrol said. The car then hit a tree and overturned before landing on the driver’s side in a creek.

The driver, 25-year-old David Patterson Jr., was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene.

Investigators believe impairment was a contributing factor in the collision. The road was closed for about two hours during the on-scene investigation.

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