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LINCOLNTON â On Sunday, Feb. 7, at approximately 6:15 p.m., the N.C. State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a double fatal collision in Lincoln County on Mount Zion Church Road near Old Plank Road. A 2017 Chevrolet Camaro was traveling south on Mount Zion Church Road, crossed the center line, and collided head-on with a northbound 2011 Nissan Altima. Subsequent to the initial collision, a northbound 2016 Nissan Rogue also collided with the Altima.
The Chevrolet was being driven by Cooper Gregory Snipes, 21, of Iron Station. He was transported by medical helicopter to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte but succumbed to his injuries. The Altima was being driven by Mahlon Brewster Strope Jr., 86, of Iron Station. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The Rogue was being driven by Lydia Robinson Francis, 24, of Dallas. She was transported by paramedics to Atrium Health Lincoln with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two Killed in Lincoln County Crash Sunday
Two Killed in Lincoln County Crash Sunday
February 8, 2021
21-year-old Cooper Gregory Snipes of Iron Station and 86-year-old Mahlon Brewster Strope Jr. of Iron Station have both died as the result of an accident on Sunday (February 7) in Lincoln County.
At about 6:15 p.m. Sunday, the N.C. State Highway Patrol responded to the crash scene on Mount Zion Church Road, near Old Plank Road. A southbound 2017 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Mr. Snipes crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a northbound 2011 Nissan Altima, driven by Mr. Strope. A northbound 2016 Nissan Rogue also collided with the Altima.
In December 2019, Jessica Long feared her 16-year-old son was spiraling into a mental health crisis, drove him to a Lincolnton hospital and asked security officers to help get the defiant youth inside.
Instead, Long says in a new federal lawsuit, her son was tasered, beaten and body slammed by both hospital personnel and Lincoln County Sheriff s deputies, and left bleeding and handcuffed outside the building where he had been taken to get care.
The officers violent response is captured in full on a 45-minute surveillance video taken outside of Atrium Health Lincoln just after midnight on Dec. 8, 2019. At one point, the footage shows the handcuffed teen, identified in the lawsuit as John Doe, sitting on a blood-stained curb when he is punched in the face by one of the deputies who had responded to a 911 call.
Jessica Long has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her teenage son was beaten and by security guards and deputies during psychiatric episode at hospital.