4 Granite Staters from same family killed in crash in North Carolina
Car drove into path of oncoming tractor-trailer, police say
Car drove into path of oncoming tractor-trailer, police say
Car drove into path of oncoming tractor-trailer, police say
Friends and relatives of a New Hampshire family are in mourning after four people were killed in a crash in North Carolina.
Police said the car that the four were in drove into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer in Monroe, North Carolina.
Dale Kennedy, 65, of Canaan, was driving the car, officials said. Her sister, June Allen, 68, and nephews Michael Allen, 27, and Jesse Winters, 36, all of Lebanon, were also killed.
"It's very shocking," said Tiffany Williams, June Allen's daughter. "I'm very numb, especially because we lost not one person -- we have lost four."
North Carolina start troopers said Kennedy was trying to make a left turn onto Lancaster Highway when she failed to yield to a tractor-trailer that was headed south.
The relatives were visiting June Allen's daughter in Monroe.
"June was a very loving person," relative Mary Williams said. "She loved her grandkids, no matter what. Same thing with Dale. She loved being around people, her family."
Michael Allen and Winters were June Allen's sons.
"I can't even describe it," Mary Williams said. "You think of each one of them, and you think of what they could have been and how far they had come with their lives, especially Jesse and Mikie."
Mary Williams said the father of Winters and Michael Allen is trying to deal with the loss.
"It certainly hasn't hit him," she said. "His whole family was wiped out in one crash. And you just have to deal with it."
The family plans to have the remains cremated, and the ashes will be brought back to New Hampshire by June Allen's daughter.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured and is not facing charges.