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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two people died Saturday in an early morning crash on Interstate 485, and troopers say a wrong-way driver is to blame. The wreck happened near exit 67, close to Interstate 77, at about 12:30 a.m. The Highway Patrol said a Jeep driven by an 18-year-old man was on the westbound side of the highway going the wrong way when it slammed head-on into a silver Nissan Altima. That car flipped around and burst into flames, killing 23-year-old Eddel Rivera and 22-year-old Richard Bryant, both from Charlotte. The driver of the Jeep, whose name has not been released,...

Mennonite family relies on faith after crash After six weeks of care, family plans to continue journey, minus one. ADVERTISEMENT By Melissa Ludwig AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, June 3, 2005 TEMPLE -- There is no way Isaac Friesen Dyck could have known. The 20-year-old died six weeks ago in a gruesome wreck near Jarrell that seriously injured his parents and seven of his siblings, all deeply religious Mennonites on their way to Canada. Yet in the week before his death, Dyck told his sisters that he wanted to die because he felt God was calling him. Isaac Hiebert Dyck's eyes filled...