WILKES COUNTY, N.C. – A community is in mourning after two young girls were killed in a head-on collision in Wilkes County Thursday.

Two sisters were killed in Wilkes County on Thursday.

16-year-old Cassandra Gilbert was driving a small SUV and attempting to pass a school bus in a passing zone at the time of the crash.

A GoFundMe has been started for the family.

Authorities say Cassandra Gilbert, 16, was traveling north on NC-18 when she attempted to pass a school bus in a designated passing zone. Before completing the pass, however, she met a large GMC truck and the two cars collided head on.

Gilbert and her 12-year-old sister, Madison, died as a result of the collision.

The driver of the truck, Michael Miller, 43, of Millers Creek, was transported to Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

All occupants involved were restrained by seat belts and no impairment is suspected.

A GoFundMe has been started for the family of the Gilbert sisters.

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