Fatal Conover accident

January 10, 2013

The remains of the 2000 Acura passenger car driven by Zachary Benefield who was killed early Thursday morning on Herman Sipe Road just south of County Home Road. O-N-E PHOTO BY yerby ray

A single vehicle accident claimed the life of a Conover teen as he was driving home just after 2 a.m. Thursday morning.

Zachary Benefield, 18, a resident of Sipe’s Orchard Home lost control of his 2000 Acura passenger car while traveling north on Herman Sipe Road according to North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper C.M. Trouille.

To read more of this story, pick up the Friday edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.