1 killed, 22 injured after impaired driver strikes bicyclists in North Carolina
A cyclist was killed and nearly two dozen injured after a driver crossed the center line along a Wake County road near Raleigh, North Carolina. A 76-year-old man faces multiple felony charges.
A driver struck a group of cyclists in Wake County, North Carolina, on Saturday, Nov. 7, according to KETV, which said the crash happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. NBC News reported one person died and at least 12 were injured; KETV and Hindustan Times reported 22 injured. The reports describe the driver as elderly, and NBC News said state highway patrol suspected impairment may have been a factor. Hindustan Times identified the person killed as cyclist Patrick Allen Turner; reports differ on the injury count.
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