NEWTON, N.C. – An infant child died Wednesday after a car crash in Catawba County last weekend, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

The collision occurred around 9:10 p.m. on Saturday in Newton on Settlemyre Bridge Road near White Oak Drive.

Troopers said a Nissan Altima crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an Infiniti Q50.

The Infiniti driver, 22-year-old Isrrael Suarez-Hernandez, was critically injured and transported to a hospital by a medical helicopter. Another adult and two children in the car were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

One of the children died from their injuries on Wednesday, troopers said. No update was given on the condition of the other occupants.

The Nissan driver, 40-year-old Christopher Houser, died at t

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