Dead is Andrew Scott Hobgood, of 4713 James Royster Road in the Providence area.
Trooper David Stuart said the wreck happened at approximately 8:15 a.m., but declined to provide additional information, citing the investigation as the reason.
Hobgood was a student at Granville Central High School. He was the son of Kenneth Wayne and Christina Henley Hobgood and was a member of Providence Baptist Church.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford, with burial to be in Knotts Grove Cemetery.
The teen is the fourth person reported by the patrol to have died this year as a result of a wreck on a highway or a road in Granville County. The previous fatality was Feb. 25.
-- William F. West, The [Henderson] Daily Dispatch.
State Democrats meet Saturday
DURHAM -- The State Executive Committee of the North Carolina Democratic Party will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Durham Marriott Convention Center, 201 Foster St..
The meeting was postponed from Feb. 13.
Democrat and U.S. Senate hopeful Ken Lewis of Durham will address the gathering. Executive Committee members will finalize the party's 2010 budget, adopt the party platform and conduct general party business.
Public meeting set over bridge
DURHAM -- The Durham Open Space & Trails Commission and the City-County Planning Department are hosting a second public meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to seek input on how the nearby walking trails can best access the new N.C. 147 pedestrian bridge when it opens this spring.
The meeting will be held at the T.A. Grady Neighborhood Center in Burton Park, 531 Lakeland St.
Residents, neighborhood associations, churches and other interested stakeholders are encouraged to attend.
For more information, visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/works/project_nc147_bike_ped_bridge.cfm online, or call Kelly Bryant at (919) 596-7100.
For more information about the Durham Open Space Trails Commission, visit www.durhamost.org.
Teaching summit set Saturday
DURHAM -- The Teach For America North Carolina Alumni Summit will be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Hilton Durham hotel, 3800 Hillsborough Road.
The event will include hundreds of teachers, alumni and community leaders from across the state to provide a forum for those committed to education reform in North Carolina and Teach For America's mission to end educational inequity.
Guests will include William Harrison, chairman of the state Board of Education and Tim Tyson, author of "Blood Done Sign My Name."
Since 1990, nearly 1,250 Teach For America teachers, called corps members, have taught in underserved schools in North Carolina, changing the life prospects of more than 52,000 students. Today, North Carolina is home to 400 corps members and more than 500 Teach For America alumni, many of whom continue to play an important role as education leaders here.
For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org/alumni/summits/north_carolina/north_carolina_summit.
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