One dead, three hurt in Tryon Road crash
Raleigh police said a woman died and three others were hurt in a two-car crash early Sunday on Tryon Road.
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The crash happened about 2 a.m. near Junction Boulevard.
Police say Christopher Scott Thompson, 20, of Raleigh, was driving a 2013 Subaru when he crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a 2008 Suzuki driven by Brittany Ann Phelps, 25.
Phelps was pronounced dead at the scene. Thompson and his two passengers – Emily Ann Cates, 21, and Patricia Yvonne Bartley, 21, both of Fuquay-Varina – were taken to WakeMed with non-life-threatening injuries.
Thompson was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and driving left of center. Speed was a factor in the crash, police said.
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