1 person dead and at least 12 injured after driver hits group of cyclists in North Carolina
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to the scene just after 9:30 a.m. (WRAL) One cyclist was killed and at least 12 others were injured after a driver, suspected to be impaired, plowed into a group of cyclists in North Carolina. Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, was driving on Optimist Farm Road in Wake County on Saturday morning when he crossed the center line and struck the group of cyclists, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. The incident unfolded about 14 miles southwest of Raleigh. After striking the group, the vehicle traveled away from the scene then ran off the…
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 covers the same cyclist crash but gives 22 injured and an elderly driver, which conflicts with Report 1's at least 12 injured and suspected impaired driver; Report 3 matches Report 1's detail
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