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Eden Dump Truck Driver Operating Without Valid CDL, Charged With Killing Four Utility Workers After Running Stop Sign, Dies in Prison Before Trial
EDEN, North Carolina — A dump truck driver charged in a 2025 crash that killed four utility workers has died in prison before being convicted or sentenced, authorities confirmed. Michael Vernon, 66, died around 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at Raleigh Central Prison, according to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. Vernon was being held under a $1.6 million secured bond at the...

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Dump truck driver indicted for murder, held on $1.6M bond in crash that killed 4 linemen
EDEN, N.C. — A dump truck driver accused of running a stop sign and killing four utility workers in Eden has been indicted on second-degree murder charges and is being held on $1.6 million bond, according to court records. Michael Ray Vernon, 66, of Eden, was formally indicted Monday on four counts of second-degree murder without regard to human life and three counts of assault with a...

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UPDATE: Judge Refuses to Lower $1.6 Million Bond for Dump Truck Driver Accused in Eden Crash That Killed Four Linemen
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA — A judge has refused to lower the $1.6 million bond for Michael Ray Vernon, the driver accused of causing a deadly dump truck crash in Eden that killed four utility workers and injured others after investigators say the truck ran a stop sign. Vernon, 66, of Eden, was indicted in November on four counts of second-degree murder and three counts of...

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