1 Dead After Car Crosses Yellow Line, Hits Truck Head On

CHARLOTTE, NC — A driver was killed in a late night crash in north Charlotte Sunday after the car he was driving crossed the centerline, hitting a pickup truck head on, according to Charlotte police

The crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. in the 4300 block of Gibbon Road in north Charlotte.

Responding officers found a 2013 Toyota Corolla on its side off the roadway and its driver, identified as 19-year-old Marcus Rene Horbachefsky, unresponsive. Horbachefsky was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

According to a police account of the incident, Horbachefsky’s car was traveling southwest on Gibbon Road, when it crossed the center double yellow line and hit a 2015 Toyota Tundra head on.

“After impact, the Toyota Corolla ran off the roadway and overturned onto its side,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said in a statement. “Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts and speed is not a contributing factor for this crash.”

Alcohol was not a factor for the driver of the truck and test results are pending for Horbachefsky, CMPD said.

The driver of the truck, who was identified as Eric Delaney Legrand, 46, received minor injuries in the crash and was transported to Atrium Health Center.

CMPD said the crash remains under investigation and asks that anyone with information about it contact Detective Crum with the Major Crash Investigations Unit at 704-432-2169 Ext. 4.

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