Eastern North Carolina woman killed in collision

Published 4:49 pm Saturday, February 1, 2025

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An eastern North Carolina woman died in a collision Friday morning in Pitt County.

According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol Master Trooper Rico L. Stephens, on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 7:37 a.m. the Highway Patrol responded to a two-car fatal collision at the intersection of Lester Mills Road and Joe Stocks Road in Pitt County.

“34-year-old Kendra Hubert of Greenville, NC was traveling north on Joe Stocks Rd. in a Ram pick-up truck when she ran a stop sign and collided into a Jeep SUV traveling west on Lester Mills Rd. driven by 25-year-old Katie Sawyer of New Bern, NC,” stated Stephens.

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After the vehicles collided, Sawyer’s vehicle traveled off the road to the right and overturned onto a brick pillar. Sawyer died at the scene.

Hubert was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle.

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