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Police: Man wrecked car, committed suicide
A man who wrecked his car Tuesday afternoon off Interstate 540 near Knightdale committed suicide, police said Wednesday.
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KNIGHTDALE, N.C. — A man who wrecked his car Tuesday afternoon off Interstate 540 near Knightdale committed suicide, police said Wednesday.
The car went down an embankment into some woods near where I-540 ends at U.S. Highway 264. The car crashed through a barrier, went airborne and landed in some trees.
After the wreck, the driver of the car hanged himself in the woods, police said.
The driver was a 26-year-old man from Raleigh. His name was withheld Wednesday, pending notification of relatives.
The incident remains under investigation.
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