3 North Johnston Students Hurt In Accident

Three North Johnston High students were injured in a near head-on collision late-Saturday at rural intersection outside of Kenly. Around 6pm, a Ford Taurus pulled from the intersection of Richardson-Bass Road and Princeton-Kenly Road into the path of a Ford Ranger truck. The car spun around in the roadway and the truck veered off the highway and crashed into a metal barn. The News & Observer identified the driver of the car as Trevor Freedman, and his passenger as Wesley Brook. Both were transported to WakeMed. Another person, Brandon Trevor Oliver was airlifted to UNC Hospitals and was in stable condition, at last report. On January 21, two North Johnston students, Nicholas Ryan Creech and Reece Leighton Richardson, were killed in a head-on collision near Kenly. A third student, Travis Whitley Foster, was badly hurt but recovered from his injuries.