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Authorities are investigating a fatal crash on US Highway 421 in Harnett County on Sunday night. It's the second crash that's claimed a life in Harnett County in less than 24 hours.

One killed in head-on crash on US 421 in Harnett County

<p>MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S INVASION OF THE UKRAINE. &gt;&gt; WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF HARNETT COUNTY TONIGHT. 2 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND 2 VERY SERIOUS CRASHES THAT HAPPENED TODAY. A CHILD WAS KILLED IN A 4 VEHICLE CRASH ON NC 2, 10 SOUTH IN LILLINGTON AND ANOTHER PERSON WAS KILLED JUST HOURS AGO AND A HEAD-ON CRASH ON 4.21. NORTH NEAR SALONE ROAD. JULIAN GRACE WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK. HERE'S MORE ON THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. &gt;&gt; WELL, JULIAN, THE SCENE CLEARED HERE JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. BUT WE WANT TO GET YOU STRAIGHT TO SEND VIDEO AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE. TAKE A LOOK. LET ME GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS ON US 4.21. NEAR SLOANE ROAD, THE WRECKING BALL THAN SUV AND A PICKUP TRUCK. YOU CAN SEE THOSE HERE. WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON DIED IN THAT TRUCK. &gt;&gt; IN THE OTHER CAR, THERE WAS A FAMILY OF 5, INCLUDING 2 ADULTS AND 3 CHILDREN. AND WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON THAT WAS IN THAT CAR WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN DETAILS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED HERE. BUT OVERALL, A VERY HEARTBREAKING NIGHT FOR SO MANY HERE IN HARNETT COUNTY, HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS IN HARNETT COUNTY. AGAIN, THAT WAS THE SECOND DEADLY COLLISION IN HARNETT COUNTY TODAY AROUND 11:00AM. THERE WAS ANOTHER CRASH. THIS ONE INVOLVING FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES THAT HAPPENED ON IZZY TO 10. &gt;&gt; SOUTH BELOW LILLINGTON 3 OTHER PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. WHAT WE DON'T</p>

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