Mark Randall Childers, 59, Remembered After Fatal Interstate 40 Motorcycle Crash Near Hildebran, North Carolina
Mark Randall Childers, 59, of Newton, died Thursday morning after a car struck their motorcycle on Interstate 40.
The crash occurred around 6:46 a.m. near Exit 119 in Burke County, close to Hildebran.
Childers was riding a 2026 Harley-Davidson when a westbound 2014 Ford passenger car crossed the centerline and struck the motorcycle.
The impact caused Childers to lose control and collide with a guardrail, and they died at the scene from their injuries.
The Ford’s 37-year-old driver escaped injury, and investigators reported that neither speed nor impairment contributed to the crash.
Authorities filed charges related to lane control, licensing, and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.
Childers’ sudden passing leaves friends, family, and the Newton community mourning a deeply painful loss.
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