One dead, two injured in Carteret County wreck

Updated at 3:07 p.m. to add information on the location of the wreck.

A Wilson woman is dead and two men are hospitalized after a Sunday wreck, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

Barbara Lynn Mazza, 62, of Waterford Drive in Wilson, was pronounced dead at the scene after the 2005 Chevrolet Suburban she and her husband, Charles Mazza, 66, were traveling in was struck by a 1995 Acura, driven by William Troy Cooper, 18, of Hadnot Drive in Swansboro, said Trooper D.L. Clifton.

Cooper was driving north on N.C. 58, just north of the Silver Creek golf course, when he crossed the center line and struck the Suburban, Clifton said.

"We had the speed of impact was about 65 miles per hour," Clifton said.

The speed limit in the area of the crash is 55 miles per hour.

Cooper and Charles Mazza were both airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville by EastCare.

"Mr. Cooper is in critical condition and Mr. Mazza is still in the hospital. His condition is stable," Clifton said.

Charges have not yet been filed but they are waiting for blood test results, Clifton said. Unprescribed Xanax and marijuana were found in the front pocket of Cooper's shorts, he said.

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