This image shows the wreckage of the SUV in which the students were traveling. William Bottomley | WXII
The crash happened at 11:22 a.m. in the 900 block of Phillips Avenue in west High Point near the intersection with Westchester Drive.
Justin Payne Simmons, 17, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene, the High Point Police Department reported. The driver of the Chevrolet Blazer, Jacob Foster Nance, 17, also was ejected from the vehicle. Nance was air-lifted to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was listed in critical condition Friday night, a hospital nursing supervisor said.
The two other passengers in the Blazer – Alex Murr, 18, and Ivan Soldo, 19 – were injured and taken to High Point Regional Hospital. Murr and Soldo were released Friday afternoon, according to WXII-TV.
According to witnesses, the Blazer attempted to pass a small blue vehicle against the double-yellow line as it was turning into the Westchester Commons parking lot, the police report. The two vehicles collided, causing the Blazer to lose control.
The Blazer rolled multiple times, ejecting two of the four teenagers, according to police. The vehicle came to rest in the parking lot at 919 Phillips Ave.
The occupants of the small blue vehicle weren’t injured in the accident, police report.
No charges are being sought at this time, according to a police new release, which said speed was a factor in the collision.
Anyone with information on the collision can call High Point Crimestoppers at 889-4000 or police Lt. Barry Roberts at 887-7969.
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