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Driver sought in hit-and-run crash that injured moped rider in north Raleigh

Police were searching Friday for the driver who struck and injured the driver of a moped late Thursday night in north Raleigh.

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Kasey Cunningham
, WRAL News reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — Police were searching Friday for the driver who struck and injured the driver of a moped late Thursday night in north Raleigh before fleeing from the scene.

The crash occurred around 11 p.m. at Falls of Neuse and Newton roads when the unidentified driver of a gray car made a left turn onto Falls of Neuse Road and collided with a man on a moped.

The accident prompted police to close the road for several hours while they gathered clues.

The rider on the moped was rushed for medical care to a local hospital but their condition was not immediately available.

Anyone with information about the crash was asked to call Raleigh police.

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