N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper J.D. Wilson, with flashlight, looks at one of the victims of an accident on U.S. 601 South, approximately 8 miles south of Monroe, NC. Monday evening. It appears that at least two people died after a gasoline tanker collided with a car. Flames from the burning tanker rose more than 30 feet above the trees,according to witnesses. (Enquirer-Journal Photo/Rusty Burroughs)