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By Submitted Story on October 1, 2026
The State Highway Patrol has released information about a fatal crash that occurred on NC-168 in Currituck County on Monday, Sept. 30. The crash appears to have been caused by a medical episode involving the deceased. Here is the information.
On September 30, 2026, around 10:19 a.m., Josephine Parsons Capps, 88, died in a three-vehicle crash on NC-168 at Maple Road after an apparent medical episode caused her stopped car to roll into oncoming traffic.
Her vehicle was struck by a southbound car, forcing it into the northbound lanes where it was hit by a pickup truck. Both drivers and a passenger of the two involved vehicles were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
