Street racing incident leads to the death of a six-year-old child

A six-year-old boy died and his father was seriously injured when a racing driver crashed into their car in Gaston County late Saturday night, North Carolina Highway Patrol said. Troopers said two cars, a Dodge Challenger driven by Gracie Eaves, 20, of Bessemer City, and an Audi coupe driven by Donnie Cobb, 46, of Kings Mountain were speeding east on U.S. 74 near Sparrow Spring Road just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday. "We've got some witness accounts that are putting it anywhere from 80, 90 to 100 miles per hour," Trooper Ray Pierce said. Investigators said at some point, the two cars sideswiped each other, which caused Cobb's car to go into a grassy median and out to the westbound lanes, where he crashed into Santiago Lagunas' car. Trooper Pierce said Lagunas' six-year-old son, Liam, was properly buckled in the back seat at the time of the crash. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/loc...