A person is dead after a crash on Interstate 540 West Thursday in Wake County.
It happened around 4:30 p.m. on I-540 between Leesville Road and Glenwood Avenue. Raleigh Police Department told ABC11 that upon arrival, officers found two cars off the roadway that had collided with trees and caught on fire. They tried to extinguish the fire using a department-issued fire extinguisher, but were not able to because of the intensity of the flames.
According to investigators, a Subaru Forester was traveling in the far-right lane of I-540 West, with a Chevrolet S10 in the middle lane. The Subaru began a lane change to the left, which caused the Chevrolet to swerve left in response. The Chevrolet’s driver then overcorrected to the right, leading to a collision with the Subaru…