t is being reported that one of the two people killed in a fiery head-on crash Tuesday evening in York County was famous Grammy-winning songwriter, Lashawn Daniels.
He died when his van collided with a pickup truck being driven by Jackie Moss Jr of Kings Mountain. Moss was also killed in the crash, which happened around 5:30 p.m. on Highway 5 near the Catawba River.
Troopers said both the van and the truck caught fire after colliding and that both drivers died at the scene. The Ford pickup truck was traveling west on Highway 5 when it crossed the center line and hit the Ford van and a Jeep SUV that were traveling east.
Daniels, who was 41, helped write countless hits for artists like Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Jackson, according to his publicist JoJo Pada.