Victim identified in Wake Forest wrong-way crash, driver facing charges
BUT TO DO IT OUTSIDE OF WAKE
COUNTY. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANK
YOU.
>> NOW BREAKING AT 5, WE
LEARNED THE NAME OF THE WOMAN
KILLED IN AN OVERNIGHT
WRONG-WAY CRASH ON CAPITAL
BOULEVARD IN WAKE FOREST
OFFICIALS TELL US 24 YEAR-OLD
QATADA PERRY WAS KILLED.
WE ALSO LEARNED THE DRIVER WHO
CAUSED THE CRASH IS NOW FACING
CHARGES WRAL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN
HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY
TODAY. AND CHELSEA, WHAT ELSE
ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> YEAH. SO, DEB, WE'RE ALSO
LEARNING THE NAME OF THE DRIVER
THAT POLICE BELIEVE CAUSED THIS
WRONG-WAY CRASH. 74 YEAR-OLD
WILLIE COLEMAN.
AND DEL RIO. WE ALSO KNOW THAT
HE IS HOSPITALIZED AS WELL AS
2 OTHERS WHO WERE INJURED HERE
ALONG THIS STRETCH OF CAPITAL
BOULEVARD WHEN THEY SAY COLEMAN
WAS GOING NORTHBOUND IN THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES.
>> IT WAS A LARGE SCENE LATE
LAST NIGHT ON CAPITAL BOULEVARD
AND START ROAD NEAR WAKE
FOREST. AND THAT THE CELL PHONE
CAPITAL.
>> NYRSTAR POSSIBLE INJURY,
WAKE FOREST POLICE SAY A DRIVER
WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY ON
CAPITOL AND CRASHED INTO
SEVERAL VEHICLES. 3 INJURES ONE
POSSIBLE FATALITY. YOU CAN
ACTUALLY HEAR ONE OF THOSE
INJURED ON THIS RADIO TRAFFIC
AS POLICE CALL FOR MORE HELP
ONE DRIVER TALKING. THE OTHER
ONE OF US WANT TO A WOMAN WAS
KILLED IN THE CRASH AND WE'RE
WORKING TO LEARN WHO SHE WAS.
3 OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
>> THE DRIVER WILL FACE SEVERAL
CHARGES, INCLUDING MISDEMEANOR
DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE. NO WORD
ON HIS IDENTITY AT THIS HOUR.
EITHER THE ROAD WAS SHUTDOWN
FOR CLOSE TO 5 HOURS WHILE
POLICE INVESTIGATED AND WORK TO
HELP THE INJURED.
>> AND OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE THE
IDENTITIES NOW. COLEMAN'S ALSO
BEEN CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR
DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE, BUT
HE'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT
THE HOSPITAL SAID POLICE WILL
SERVE HIM PAPERS UNTIL THESE
OUT. ALSO, THEY DID MENTION TO
US THAT ALCOHOL, THE TOP OF
THAT HERRMANN RATHER WAS NOT AN
ISSUE IN THIS WRONG-WAY CRASH.
LIVE IN WAKE FOREST. CHELSEA