Aviation Parkway Closed After Fatal Wreck

MORRISVILLE, N.C. - Much of Aviation Parkway near Raleigh-Durham International Airport was closed Friday morning following a fatal accident, authorities said.
Southbound lanes were closed at National Guard Drive, and northbound traffic was limited to one lane, authorities said.

A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper stopped a Honda Accord with two men inside on Wade Avenue for speeding shortly before 5 a.m. As the trooper approached the car, the driver sped off, and a chase ensued, authorities said.

The driver exited Interstate 40 at Aviation heading the wrong way and slammed into a Waste Industries truck, authorities said. The unidentified driver was killed, and his passenger and the driver of the garbage truck, Renald Griffin, were injured, authorities said.

Officers said the force of the crash was so hard that the garbage truck overturned onto the car.

RDU officials urged motorists headed to the airport on I-40 to take the Airport Boulevard or Interstate 540 exits to Aviation Parkway.

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