Family copes with loss of 44-year-old man killed in fatal wrong-way crash

Family members and friends are coping with the death of a 44-year-old man who was killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this week in Cabarrus County.

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Robert Dion Wilson and three others died in the chain-reaction wreck that happened at about 7 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 85 South in Kannapolis.

His family said that Wilson may have been in his mid-40s, but he was a “kid at heart.”

>>In the video at the top of this webpage, hear from the family members about the legacy Wilson left behind.

Four people were killed and multiple injuries were reported.

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Jack Lee Hudson, 78, of China Grove, Margie Kindley Hudson, 77, of China Grove and Debbie Sue Gulledge, 41, all died in the wreck involving four vehicles.

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