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1 killed, 22 injured after impaired driver strikes bicyclists in North Carolina, officials say (www.cnn.com)
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A group of cyclists was winding its way through a wooded, two-lane road outside of Raleigh on Saturday morning when a car crossed the center line and plowed into them, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.

A North Carolina man faces several felony charges after allegedly hitting the group and driving away.

The cyclists were traveling together amid the fall colors along Optimist Farm Road, in Wake County, about 14 miles southwest of Raleigh, when an oncoming black passenger car crossed the center line and into the group, the highway patrol said.

The driver, later identified as 76-year-old Donald Robert Morris-Jones, continued driving before running off the left side of the roadway into a ditch, about a half-mile from where he hit the cyclists, authorities said.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck car loose regulations. If you have someone of age close to you still driving, monitor their abilities and be ready for the talk. And it sucks that losing that privilege is a huge impact on most people, including the elderly. We need better infrastructure to reduce cars, increase safety, but also more things in place to take care of those who would be hit hardest by loss of the car-centric society we've built ourselves into (mainly US).

Now, for all I know this guy has a record or history of DUI or something, but I saw the age and also thought of this problem. I've seen an accident where an old person was driving a big ass car and just plowed into a bunch of mailboxes. Maybe health-caused, maybe just bad reaction time for a turn.

The title doesn't do picture to what must have happened. I didn't even get it at first. 23 people, a whole group of bicyclists, in an area where it's common to see this, and he just ran into them all. That only one is dead is amazing.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The driver, later identified as 76-year-old Donald Robert Morris-Jones, continued driving before running off the left side of the roadway into a ditch, about a half-mile from where he hit the cyclists, authorities said.

Certainly sounds like some sort of health event…

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but not mentioned in the article. Healthy enough for a mug shot. Maybe it's a HIPAA thing.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

True - and the article does mention being charged with driving while imapared and no mention of him being taken to the hospital…