Impaired driver dies in north Charlotte wreck

Police said an impaired driver died after he was thrown from his car in a wreck on Eastfield Road in north Charlotte on Wednesday.

Keith Andrew Hepburn, 24, was speeding when he lost control of his Ford Taurus, police said. The car crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a Kia Sorento. Hepburn was not wearing a seatbelt, police said.

Medic took Hepburn to Carolinas Medical Center, where he died. Authorities did not say how he was impaired.

The Kia’s 79-year-old driver was taken to Carolinas HealthCare System Huntersville with non-life-threatening injuries.

The wreck happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. in the 14000 block of Eastfield Road, at Simonton Drive near Highland Creek Parkway.

Police ask that anyone with information about the crash call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Detective R.C. Gormican at 704-336-2677.

Joe Marusak

This story was originally published December 31, 2015 at 7:40 AM with the headline "Impaired driver dies in north Charlotte wreck."