WorldBrief
One cyclist dies after car hits group in Wake County
The highway patrol and Holly Springs fire chief gave different estimates of other people injured in Saturday’s crash on a two-lane road near Holly Springs.
The numbers
- Cyclist reported killed in the Wake County collision, according to the patrol account
- 1 person
One cyclist was killed and others were injured when a car struck a group riding near Holly Springs in North Carolina’s Wake County on Saturday, November 7, the State Highway Patrol said.
In a news release cited by Spectrum News, patrol Sgt. Marcus Bethea placed the crash at about 9:30 a.m. Eastern on the two-lane Optimist Farm Road near Holly Springs in Wake County. According to the patrol account, the car crossed the center line before hitting the cyclists, then went into a ditch about half a mile away.
Spectrum’s account of the patrol release reported a dozen other people injured. Holly Springs Fire Chief LeRoy Smith told CNN that first responders found 22 other people injured. Smith said injured people were taken to regional trauma centers and hospitals.
The two accounts give different estimates for the people hurt in the same collision; each figure refers to others besides the person reported killed.
What we don't know yet
- How many people were injured in a reconciled official account of the collision?
- What circumstances caused the car to cross the center line?
Timeline
The patrol reported that a car struck cyclists on Optimist Farm Road in Wake County at about 9:30 a.m. Eastern.