Three sisters killed in collision day before one of their birthdays

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Three sisters died in a horrific head-on collision in North Carolina after a vehicle slammed into them just a day before one of their birthdays, police said.

Viola Medlin Singletary, 74, Gloria Medlin McCrimmon, 72, and Cheryl Elaine Medlin, 63, were on Highway 690 in Moore County on Wednesday when a 2023 Kia crossed the center line and slammed into their vehicle, State Highway Patrol officials said.

The deadly crash completely destroyed the silver 2010 Hyundai the sisters were riding in — killing them as well as the driver of the Kia. The youngest of the sisters would have celebrated her 64th birthday Thursday.

Suzanne Beasley, a passenger in the Kia and the lone survivor, was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries, WRAL reported.

According to police, the crash occurred around 10:59 a.m., when the still-unidentified driver of the Kia came speeding around a bend and collided with the sisters’ vehicle, which Singletary was driving.

Relatives said they were heading out to pick up a truck, with the family preparing for Medlin's 63rd birthday on Thursday. The family will be holding a balloon release in her honor.

Beasley's cousin, Wayne Davis, said he was on the road when he witnessed the brutal crash and rushed in to help, only to find his cousin involved in the fatal wreck.

"I hadn't seen my cousin in eight years and there was blood around her face," Davis told WRAL."I couldn't recognize that was my cousin."

Davis said the crash left the Hyundai spinning out of control toward his own car, with parts from the engine being "flung at my work truck while I was riding down 690 highway."

The force of the collision was so great that the engines from both cars were torn out.

The State Highway Patrol said the investigation remains ongoing, but that a preliminary probe shows that speeding and reckless driving on the part of the Kia led to the crash.