Dunn, N.C. (WRAL) – A young volunteer firefighter died Saturday evening during a car racing event at Galot Motorsports Park in Johnston County.
According to the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, Brock Currens, 17, was driving an ATV and hit the brakes too abruptly. Officials said he flipped over the handrail of his ATV and later died at WakeMed as a result of traumatic brain injuries.
A Facebook event advertises the event at the park as a “Galot Crash Derby” that featured “full-contact” car racing. MORE
