DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Highway Patrol is investigating a head-on crash killed three people on Highway 751 in Durham on Tuesday afternoon.
It happened just before 3:30 p.m. on Highway 751 near Kerley Road.
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The Highway Patrol said that Edgar Brown, 68 of Stoneville, the driver of a black 2017 Mercedes, swerved to avoid a bicyclist traveling north on NC 751, overcorrected and crashed head-on into a Cadillac heading south.
According to authorities, all three occupants of the Cadillac were killed instantly - including Stephen Martin, Mary Martin, 69, of Emerald Isle, and Irene Martin, 89, of Burlington.
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Brown was taken to Duke Medical Center with serious injuries and has been charged with driving left of center and three counts of misdemeanor death by vehicle.