Authorities: Alcohol a Factor in Fatal Crash

Raleigh, N.C. — A man driving a Mercedes south on Ebenezer Church Road Thursday morning died after he ran off the road and hit a utility pole and raised sewer-access manhole, state troopers said.

Alcohol was involved in the fatal crash that killed Robert Holleman Jr., 67, from Raleigh, authorities said. He died a short time after the crash.