DUPLIN COUNTY, NC (WITN) – We’re learning more about an active duty US Navy sailor and his wife who were killed in a crash involving a semi truck.

Troopers say the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on Ludie Brown Road at Willie Hatcher Road.

Chief Commander Simba Wallace and his wife, Dr. Natalie Castro, were killed.

Highway Patrol say Wallace was stationed at Camp Lejeune.

A Bio marine for Wallace it reflects a service career that included time stationed at Cherry Point Air Station.

A Highway Patrol investigation found the couple’s Jeep Wrangler was southbound on Willie Hatcher Road when it failed to yield to a semi truck carrying chickens going westbound on Ludie Brown Road.

Police say the Jeep was hit by the semi truck, which overturned, went off the road to the left and came to rest partially off the road.

Police say Wallace and Castro died at the scene.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was transported to ECU Health Duplin Hospital with minor injuries, according to troopers.

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