A Taylorsville woman died Thursday after a crash caused her car to drive off an embankment and hit a tree.

Rose Coerich, 55, of Taylorsville, died at the scene of the crash along N.C. Highway 16 near the border of Alexander and Wilkes counties, N.C. State Highway Patrol Master Trooper Christopher Casey said in a news release.

The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. A 2016 Acura MDX and a 2013 Dodge Dart, both traveling north on N.C. Highway 16, collided. This collision caused the Acura to veer off the right side of the road. The vehicle went down an embankment and struck a tree, Casey said.

The driver of the Dodge, Hayden Monroe Bolick, 29, of Taylorsville, was not injured, Casey said.

During the on-scene investigation, N.C. Highway 16 was closed in the area for approximately five hours. P

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