CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - An Ayden man has been charged after a Sunday morning crash that killed two people in Carteret County.

The Highway Patrol says Steven Shelton was arrested yesterday for driving while impaired and two counts of felony death by motor vehicle.

The crash involved three cars on Highway 58 near Old Church Road.

Troopers say Shelton was traveling north when he attempted to pass another vehicle and hit Dale Mangum, 64, of Angier, who was traveling south. After hitting Mangum head-on, he collided with a Subaru Outback that was also traveling south.

The Highway Patrol says Mangum and the passenger in the car, 59-year-old Tammy Witham, of New Bern, died at the scene.

Shelton was flown to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville. The Subaru driver was not injured.