RALEIGH
Feb 26, 2018
A Gaston Correctional Center minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment was killed today in a single vehicle accident.
David A. Woods (#0491245), who left his outside work assignment today and was reported missing at 12:50 p.m., was driving a city of Lowell Ford pickup truck when it crashed at Exit 14 off Interstate 85 at approximately 2:15 p.m.
Woods, 46, was originally from New Hanover County. He was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and convicted on May 25, 1995.
The Gastonia Police Department is investigating the accident. The Division of Prisons will investigate the circumstances surrounding his escape.
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