WAYNE COUNTY, N.C. — N.C. State Highway Patrol Trooper Nolan J. Sanders died in a car crash while on duty Friday night, according to a statement from the agency.
Trooper Sanders was driving on I-795 in Wayne County when his patrol vehicle left the roadway. He crashed into a concrete culvert off the right shoulder around 7:17 p.m. and was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision.