ASHEVILLE - One person is dead after a pickup truck driver veered across the center lane Sept. 8 and hit another car on Patton Avenue in West Asheville, police say.

Asheville Police Department officers responded around 1:02 p.m. Sept. 8 to a vehicle collision with injuries in the 1500 block of Patton Avenue, the department said in a news release Sept. 9. The initial investigation shows Adam Christopher Kane, 35, was driving a 2016 GMC Sierra Pickup Truck westbound when the car crossed left of center.

The GMC then collided with a 2004 Lexus RX330 SUV heading eastbound on Patton Avenue. Another car traveling east, a 2012 Volvo S60 Sedan, collided with the rear of the Lexus SUV, the release said.

A rear passenger in the Lexus SUV, Tamara Eldridge, 32, suffered serious injuries and was take

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