Six people were involved in the three-car collision that occurred around 8 a.m. on N.C. 150 West in front of the Atwell Volunteer Fire Department, at the intersection of Concordia Church and Deal roads.

N.C. Highway Patrol troopers are continuing their investigation and could not release any names this morning.

According to Rowan County Rescue Squad Chief Coyt Karriker, a 27-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant suffered the most serious injury. A helicopter flew the woman, who was driving a burgundy Chevy Lumina minivan, to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

A passenger in the minivan was transported to Rowan Regional Medical Center with abdominal injuries.

According to Highway Patrol Sgt. V.F. Mellone, the driver of a gold Ford Ranger struck the minivan from behind as the van “either slowed or attempted to make a turn.”

Mellone said the driver of the truck told troopers he “was blinded by the sun reflection off the van.”

At the scene, the driver of the Ranger told a Post reporter he “had nothing to say” about the accident. He and his passenger refused treatment from emergency responders.

The impact of the rear end collision apparently propelled the minivan across the center line into the path of an on-coming red Pontiac Bonneville, Mellone said.

The Enochville Fire Department took both people in the Bonneville to NorthEast Medical Center.