According to the North Carolina State High Patrol, a single-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Granville County claimed the life of a 16 year old from Vance County.
Gabriel Lee Pitchford, 16, of Bobbitt Road, died Sunday, December 19. The highway patrol told WIZS “speed was a factor and no seatbelt.”
His 16-year-old passenger was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The highway patrol said it occurred on “state road 1430, Rockwell Road in Stovall.” The accident happened about 4:29 p.m.
Highway Patrol said it was raining at the time of the accident.
National Weather Service observations at the nearby Henderson-Oxford Airport indicated light rain at the time with as much as a half of an inch of rain prior to the accident during the day.