19-year old Seriously Injured in Tuesday Wreck

A Wilkes teen was airlifted to Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem following a two-car collision this morning in North Wilkesboro. Multiple witnesses tell police that Jonathan Combs was driving through the intersection of Highway 268 and 18 with the green light, when the other car ran the red light an hit him. That car was driven by 43-year old Wyman Lowery, who was not hurt. Lowery was issued several tickets in relation to the wreck, including one for driving without a license. North Wilkesboro Police say it took several hours to clean up the incident, and that rescue crews had to cut off both drivers' doors of Combs' car to extricate him. He was taken by ambulance to the helipad at Wilkes regional Medical Center and transferred directly to the helicopter for the flight to Winston-Salem.