Mom driving 111 mph crashes car with 3 kids inside, 2 killed, one in critically injured, NCSHP says

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A child is fighting for his life after a deadly crash late Wednesday in Fayetteville that killed his two brothers, authorities said.

ABC11 has learned the children’s mother was driving 111 mph when the crash occurred, according to state troopers now leading the investigation.

The crash happened just before 11 pm on Cedar Creek Road after Fayetteville police attempted to make a traffic stop.

A North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) trooper said the mother sped off before losing control and crashing into a tree. None of the three children, all under 10 years old, was in a car seat, troopers said.

One neighbor, Sara Wallace, said she heard the crash unfold.

“To hear that there were children involved, it’s made it much more, as a mom, scary,” Wallace said.

Wallace, who lives less than a mile from the crash site, described the sounds she heard late Wednesday.

“Within seconds, it was the speed, the thud, and then silence,” she said.

“There was no squealing, there was no braking, there was no crying, there was no sound. And then. Shortly thereafter, all the sirens,” Wallace recalled.

When officers arrived, they found a white Kia had slammed into a tree. The third child, who was ejected from the vehicle, was rushed to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and later airlifted to UNC Hospital early Thursday morning.

At the scene, debris littered the roadside. “This is the aftermath. The bark stripped from the tree, a taillight, and debris everywhere,” one neighbor described.

Wallace noted the road’s curve can be dangerous at high speeds.

“It is a fairly gentle curve, but once you increase those speeds over that 55 miles an hour, it can be very easy to lose control,” she said.

The mother, who was also injured in the crash, is currently sedated at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and is expected to recover, officials said.

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The investigation remains ongoing.