Five adults have been charged after a road-rage crash in Thomasville, North Carolina, turned into a street fight that left one person with a stab wound to the head, the Thomasville Police Department announced in a press release on Friday, November 6. The incident happened on Wednesday, November 4, at approximately 3:38 p.m., when officers were called to the intersection of Liberty Drive and NC Highway 109 South, in Davidson County, for a disturbance following a motor-vehicle crash. Police said the occupants of the vehicles were fighting and that one person was reported to be armed with a knife.

Source: Thomasville Police Department press release, published by DavidsonLocal.com (Nov. 6, 2026)

According to the police department, the first officer to arrive was alone and had to separate multiple adults and juveniles who were involved in the disturbance. The officer secured a large knife from one of the people at the scene. Police have not said who was holding the knife when the officer arrived, and they have not publicly described exactly how the crash escalated into a fight.

Source: DC Alive — Five adults charged after Thomasville crash and stabbing (Nov. 6, 2026)

Police said a juvenile at the scene repeatedly tried to re-engage in the fight, ignored the officer's commands and resisted. The officer used a brief burst of department-issued OC (pepper) spray. The juvenile was detained and was later released to a family member at the police department. The department said juvenile petitions will be sought under North Carolina juvenile procedures. Police released no information about any of the juveniles involved, and none is named or identified in this report.

The stab wound, and what medics did at the scene

One individual sustained a stab wound to the head during the disturbance, police said. The police department did not name the injured person, and it did not attribute the wound to any individual defendant in its release. Davidson County EMS assessed the injury and said stitches were needed; the injured person declined treatment and transport. EMS personnel also treated another juvenile at the scene and later provided precautionary treatment at the police department to people who had been exposed to the OC spray.

The five adults charged

The most serious charges are against Shenara D. Roach-Lytch, 29, of High Point. Police charged her with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury — a Class E felony under North Carolina law — as well as contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer, and disorderly conduct. She is being held without bond on the assault and contributing charges, and received a $500 unsecured bond on the remaining two charges, according to the department.

Four Thomasville residents face lesser charges. Melissa Ann Dulaney, 50, is charged with simple affray and resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer, with a $500 unsecured bond. Joseph Doyle Dulaney, 52, is charged with simple affray, with a $500 unsecured bond. Sumer Daun Dulaney, 24, is charged with simple affray and is being held without bond. Colton Bryce Underwood, 20, is charged with simple affray, with a $500 unsecured bond.

Videos, body cameras and a use-of-force review

The police department acknowledged that multiple videos of the incident have circulated on social media, and cautioned that short clips may not show the full context of what happened. Investigators are reviewing body-worn camera footage, witness statements and videos collected from the scene. Separately, the department's Professional Standards Division is reviewing the officer's use of force, including the OC spray, under department policy. No findings from that review had been released as of Friday.

What happens next — and one court-date question

Police listed a court date of November 11, 2026, for all five adults. However, the North Carolina Judicial Branch lists November 11 as its Veterans Day holiday, and DC Alive reported it could not confirm the court date — so the November 11 date should be treated as unconfirmed until the court or the department clarifies it. Juvenile petitions arising from the same incident are still to be sought through the state's juvenile process. Police have not released a motive for the fight, the sequence of the original crash, or the identity of the person who was stabbed.

Liberty Drive and NC Highway 109 South form one of the main road junctions in Thomasville, a city in Davidson County in North Carolina's Piedmont region, and the 3:38 p.m. call came in the middle of the afternoon traffic period. For local drivers, the practical facts are these: the intersection itself was the scene of both the crash and the fight, the investigation is continuing, and further detail — including the body-camera review and the Professional Standards findings — is expected to come from the department as the case moves to court.