Angela Rouse of the Eagle Springs area died Wednesday in a rollover crash. The 61-year-old was the only person in her Ford F-150. The wreck happened shortly after 2 p.m. near Beulah Hill Church Road and Dormie Drive in West End.
Folks around here knew her as Angie. She was driving through Moore County in the Sandhills region when things went wrong. Her truck left the side of the road. She overcorrected. That sent the pickup out of control.
The Ford F-150 flipped over several times. Rouse was thrown from the vehicle. Troopers from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol looked into what happened.
Sergeant Smith said Rouse was not wearing a seatbelt. Speed played a part in the crash too. Those two things made the difference that afternoon.
Authorities shut down the road right away. Troopers worked the scene while crews cleared the wreckage. Traffic had to wait while they finished up.
The spot sits in the West End area of Moore County. It is a quiet stretch near the Sandhills. Now it marks the place where one local woman’s drive ended.
Rouse’s truck was a familiar sight on these roads. On this day it left the pavement and never made it back under control. The investigation confirmed the basic facts of how it unfolded.
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