Wrong-way driver kills 2 in I-40 collision in Raleigh

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by Associated Press

WCNC.com

Posted on July 16, 2012 at 8:38 AM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Raleigh police say two people died and a third person was critically injured after one of the drivers was speeding in the wrong direction on Interstate 40 and hit another vehicle.

 
Police say the head-on crash happened about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
 
Officers said 28-year-old Carolina Linares of Morrisville was driving her car east in the westbound lanes of I-40 when she hit a light truck driven by 21-year-old  Natanael Hernandez of Raleigh. 
 
Linares and a passenger in the truck, 17-year-old Job Hernandez died in the crash. 
 
Nathanael Hernandez was in critical condition in a local hospital.
 
Investigators estimated both cars were going about 65 mph when they hit, making the impact speed 130 mph.
 

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