Hwy Patrol estimates speed of 100 mph

A Moore, S.C. man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Monday, Oct. 31 in Green Creek, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Bennett Charles Summey, 37 was traveling south on Hwy. 9 when he ran off the road to the right, hit a small embankment and flipped, according to N.C. State Trooper Matthew Strawbridge.

Strawbridge said Summey’s vehicle was estimated to be going 100 m.p.h. at the time of the wreck. Summey was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle, Strawbridge said.

The wreck occurred in a curve near Harmon Dairy around 10:40 a.m. Monday. Summey was driving a four-door Land Rover.