UNC Health on Wednesday said Dr. Paul Chelminski, an internal medicine physician, was on the flight and is in "good condition." There was no update on the pilot, who was taken to Duke University Hospital in Durham.

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Three people were injured and transported to the hospital after the vehicle they were traveling in hydroplaned and crashed Thursday.

<b>OXFORD, N.C.</b> — Three people were injured and transported to the hospital after the vehicle they were traveling in hydroplaned and crashed Thursday.

A trooper with the N.C. Highway Patrol confirmed to WRAL the accident happened on Grassy Creek Road in Oxford near the state line. Officials said a 15-year-old was driving when the vehicle hydroplaned, slid into a ditch, hit a mailbox and collided with a utility pole.

All three were transported to Duke Hospital and were in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries. That includes one person who was ejected from the back seat of the vehicle.

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A UNC Health physician and pilot were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a small plane crashed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).



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Plane crashes at RDU; UNC Health pilot, doctor taken to hospital 

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper called on legislative leaders to focus on boosting teacher pay and to invest in childcare.

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The 12-year-old boy had been required to sleep in a tube-like tent, enclosed by a solid plastic sheet. Upon discovering that the zipper for the tent was broken, the report says, "staff needed a zip tie out of the tool bag."

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A slow-moving cold front could bring light patchy rain to the Triangle Wednesday afternoon.

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A Raleigh man is charged with the murder of his younger brother.




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Brian Shrader flies over the site of a plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport approximately three hours after the accident.

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