Man charged in fatal motorcycle crash in Columbus County

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) – A man from North Myrtle Beach faces charges after a crash involving a motorcycle in Columbus County.

It happened around 5:43 p.m. Sunday on Highway 74 near Boardman, near the Robeson County line.

Charles Ransom with the State Highway Patrol says that Carl Foster, 51, and Patricia Wright, 52, both from Denver, NC were riding on a motorcycle heading west when Philip Smith, 71, pulled out in front of them. Smith was driving a pickup truck.

Foster and Wright both died.

Smith is charged with 2 counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.