An 18-year-old Campbell
University student was killed Oct. 22 when her vehicle ran off N.C. 27 near
N.C. 87.
The Highway Patrol reported
today that Traci Lyn Caporale of Norwood hit a tree after running off the road.
An article on the
Fayetteville Observer web site said Caporale was returning to Buies Creek about
1:15 p.m. after meeting her parents, who had come from Stanly County, when the wreck
happened.
According to an official,
Caporale steered the car, which was traveling about 65 mph in the 55-mph zone,
back onto the road but it ran off the left side and hit the tree. She was
pronounced dead at the scene.