Elderly woman killed in wreck on Wrightsville Ave.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — An elderly woman has died following a wreck on Wrightsville Avenue in Wilmington Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

Wilmington police responded around 2:45 p.m. to a wreck in the 7000 block of Wrightsville Ave.

Police say an 89-year-old woman driving a BMW with a 93-year-old man started to make a left turn from Southerland Ave. onto Wrightsville Ave. and pulled in front of a GMC Yukon which was travelling west on Wrightsville.

WPD says the woman suffered critical internal injuries and was transported to NHRMC, where she died a short time later.

The 93-year-old male suffered multiple broken ribs and is still hospitalized, WPD says.