WAYNE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Troopers say a man was killed in a crash Friday morning on a Wayne County highway, but no charges will be filed.

The crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. on NC 581 near Nahunta Farm Road.

The Highway Patrol says Rex Mooring was driving south on NC 581 in an SUV when he went left of center and hit a pickup truck that was heading north.

After the crash, the SUV ran off the road before stopping in a ditch. The truck overturned a few times, according to Highway Patrol.

Troopers say 46-year-old Mooring died at the scene, while the driver of the truck was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Highway Patrol says impairment is not suspected and both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

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