Three people are dead following an accident along N.C. 102 in Pitt County Friday afternoon.

The accident happened around 1:56 p.m. several miles east of Ayden, killing Eugene Fleming, 91, Geraldine Fleming, 89, and Charles Garris Jr., 53, North Carolina Highway Patrol Officials said.

Eugene and Geraldine Fleming had been driving westbound along N.C. 102 when they drove over the center line, over corrected and then drove off the right side of the road, officials said.

Garris had been on his way to a cookout in Kinston when he parked his pick-up truck along the shoulder, Trooper Scott Tyndall said. Garris was out of his truck, standing along the side of the road when Eugene Fleming sideswiped him and his truck, Tyndall said.

Eugene and Geraldine Fleming's pick-up truck overturned several times after the collision.

Eugene and Geraldine had been married for 70 years and lived in Grifton, Tyndall said.

Garris lived in Beaufort County, Tyndall said.

An investigation into the accident is still on-going.