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One person is dead, 20 others injured after impaired driver hit them while cycling
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Key Points:
- A cyclist crash in Wake County resulted in one death and 20 injuries after an impaired driver struck a group of cyclists on Optimist Farm Road near Talicud Trail.
- Patrick Turner, 63, of Cary, died at the scene, and seven others were hospitalized with serious injuries, while 13 sustained minor injuries.
- The incident involved a black Infiniti driven by 76-year-old Donald Robert Morris-Jones of Apex, who crossed the center line, hit several cyclists, and ended up in a ditch about half a mile from the crash site.
- Morris-Jones faces multiple charges including driving while intoxicated (DWI), careless and reckless driving, felony death by motor vehicle, and felony serious injury by motor vehicle.
- Emergency services responded promptly, with a Wake County EMS bus transporting injured cyclists to hospitals, and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating; Optimist Farm Road has since reopened.
