Six killed in Raleigh car accident
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Six people were killed Saturday night when a van slammed into a car involved in an earlier collision near a stadium where a college football game had been played in the afternoon, authorities said. The accident occurred about 9 p.m. at an intersection outside the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and Carter-Finley Stadium, where North Carolina State’s football team had defeated Virginia a few hours earlier. It is unclear whether any of the victims had attended the game, televised regionally by ABC. A Chevy Blazer ran a stop sign at the intersection, striking another Blazer. As those involved in the accident got out of their vehicles and pedestrians stopped to help, the van apparently struck one of the automobiles and some of the people who were in the road. Five people died at the scene and a sixth died being transported to a hospital, said Sgt. Everett Clendenin of the Highway Patrol. Two people were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries late Saturday. Their identities had not been released late Saturday. Clendenin said the van’s driver, who was unharmed, faces charges, including driving while impaired. His identity was also not released. “This is going to be one of those (accidents) that’s going to take some time” to figure out, Clendenin said. Source : edition.cnn.com |