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Motorcyclist killed in Raleigh crash

Authorities on Tuesday evening were responding to a fatal crash in Raleigh.

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Fatal crash closes Seabrook Road in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. — One person was killed following a crash between a motorcycle and sedan Tuesday evening in Raleigh.

Officers with the Raleigh Police Department responded to the intersection of Seabrook Road and Newark Drive at about 5 p.m. and found the motorcycle driver, David Wayne Dunn, 57, unresponsive.

The driver of the sedan. Mario Alberto Herrera-Mendoza, 23, was not injured, police said.

Dunn was eastbound on Seabrook Road when his motorcycle hit Herrera-Mendoza's car, which was making a left turn from Newark Drive onto westbound Seabrook Road, according to a police report.

Police noted in the report that Seabrook Road has a steep hill in the area and that a warning light is nearby to alert drivers to the hill.

No charges have been filed in the crash, which closed Seabrook Road in both directions between Sylvester Street and Newark Drive.

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