AUTHORITIES: Mom killed in Moore County car crash, kids found safe

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Monday, July 24, 2017
A North Carolina mother is dead following a car crash in Moore County.
A North Carolina mother is dead following a car crash in Moore County.
Credit: Cypress Pointe Fire & Rescue

MOORE COUNTY (WTVD) -- Authorities are investigating a car crash that killed a North Carolina mother.

Officials said the incident happened Saturday night around 10:30 in the 600 block of South Plank Road.

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When troopers arrived, they were told that no one was in the car but later found a victim in an embankment, unresponsive.

The woman, who authorities said is a mother in her thirties, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials said diapers were scattered around the crash site, so a search for the missing children began.

The woman's two children were later found safe.

Authorities have yet to release the woman's identity.

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