Memorial grows for 4 killed in wrong-way crash on I-440
FAYETTEVILLE POLICE TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS
AFTER THE SEARCH OF THE
CHILDREN'S HOME. A ROADSIDE
MEMORIAL IS TAKING SHAPE ALONG.
I-440, NEAR THE CAPITAL
BOULEVARD. EXIT. 4 PEOPLE DIED
IN A WRONG-WAY CRASH THERE
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WRAL'S
CHELSEA DONOVAN JOINS US NOW
LIVE FROM THERE WITH WHAT SHE'S
LEARNED TODAY ABOUT THIS CRASH.
>> CHELSEA.
>> DEBORAH, WE'VE COME OFF OF
4.40, JUST MERELY BECAUSE OF
SAFETY REASONS. BUT IF YOU LOOK
OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER, YOU CAN
SEE THOSE BALLOONS AND CANDLES
KIND WAIVING THEIR NEAR THE
GUARDRAIL. IT IS. THERE WERE
4 PEOPLE IN 2 DIFFERENT CARS
DIED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
AS THE RESULT OF A WRONG-WAY
CRASH.
ROWS OF CANDLES AND BALLOONS
ALONG THE SIDE OF I-440, NEAR
THE CAPITAL BOULEVARD EXIT AS
CARS WHIZZED BY.
>> THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE
PLACE WHERE 4 PEOPLE LOST THEIR
LIVES IN A WRONG-WAY CRASH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LISTEN
TO BROADCASTIFY RADIO TRAFFIC
FROM AROUND 02:00AM SATURDAY
FOR 40 WITH THE WAKE FOREST
ROAD. BE ON LOOKOUT FOR A
WRONG-WAY DRIVER ON 40
WESTBOUND. YOUR MODEL AND
UNKNOWN MAKE AND MODEL.
>> A MISTRIAL AND HE FOUND IN
THE WESTBOUND LANES. THIS IS
THE AFTERMATH OF THE WRONG WAY.
CRASH MANGLED PIECES OF METAL.
WHAT'S LEFT OF 2 SILVER CARS.
>> RALEIGH POLICE SAY A MAN
WAS DRIVING A HONDA CIVIC
EASTBOUND ON FOR 40 WESTBOUND.
THERE WERE 2 OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE CAR AT THE TIME. THE CAR
THAT HE ALLEGEDLY STRUCK HAD A
FEMALE DRIVER. ALL OCCUPANTS
OF BOTH CARS DIED AS A RESULT
OF THE WRONG WAY. CRASH RALEIGH
POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL
NOTIFYING NEXT OF KIN AND U.S.
HAVEN'T RELEASED THE VICTIMS
NAMES. WRONG-WAY CRASHES ARE
FAIRLY RARE. ACCORDING TO THE
NORTH CAROLINA DOT. THEY SAY IN
2023 THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 59
WRONG-WAY CRASHES.
>> WITH 23 FATALITIES FROM THE
YEARS OF 2020 TO 2022, IT WAS
ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ON RECORD.
THEY HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER
OF WRONG-WAY CRASHES IN HISTORY
WITH 206 WRONG-WAY CRASHES.
ALSO, THE DOT SAYS IN THE LAST
5 YEARS AROUND 48% OF ALL
WRONG-WAY CRASHES WERE ALCOHOL
RELATED WITH 53% OF WRONG-WAY.
TOTAL FATALITIES BEING RELATED
AS WELL.
NOW, RALEIGH POLICE HAVE NOT
YET SAID IF ALCOHOL WAS A
FACTOR IN THIS CRASH, WE SHOULD
MENTION THE DOT SAID TO ME
TODAY THAT THEY'RE WRONG WAY.
CRASH DETECTIVES SYSTEM WAS
NOT USED TO THIS.
>> NOW, RALEIGH POLICE SAY THIS
INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND THERE'S STILL