A woman is dead after being hit by multiple vehicles on eastbound I-40 near Raleigh-Durham International Airport, shutting down a mile-long stretch of the interstate in Durham. Police responded to a report of a pedestrian struck near Davis Drive and found the woman dead at the scene.
According to WRAL, Durham police were called to eastbound I-40 near Davis Drive after reports of a pedestrian being struck, and found the woman dead after she had been hit multiple times by vehicles that have not been identified. A crew with WRAL’s Breaking News Tracker arrived to find multiple officers blocking the interstate as the investigation got underway.
Police told the outlet they could not release additional information about the investigation at this time, leaving the circumstances of how the woman ended up on the highway, and how many vehicles struck her, unclear for now.
Highway Shut Down for a Mile Near Davis Drive
Eastbound I-40 was closed for about a mile, from Exit 280 at Davis Drive to Exit 281 at South Miami Boulevard, per information attributed to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Drivers heading that direction were advised to get off at Exit 280 and detour around the closure using NC 54.
Another Deadly Encounter on I-40
In an earlier case, Highway Patrol said 27-year-old Durham woman Diamond Alexus Powell was found dead along I-40 in Orange County after troopers came to believe she had walked away from an initial crash involving her own car and was then struck by another vehicle. The driver who hit and killed Powell fled the scene, and a hit-and-run investigation was underway, the station’s report noted…