A six-vehicle crash at the intersection of Morganton Road and East Loch Haven Road in Fayetteville left one man dead and seven others injured on Tuesday afternoon. Francisco Irizarry-Gonzalez, a 26-year-old Fort Bragg resident, was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died, while the other victims were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The Fayetteville Police Department confirmed officers responded to the collision at 4:14 p.m. on August 25, according to a Fayetteville Police Department post. As reported by WRAL, the crash occurred at Morganton Road and E. Loch Haven Road, and Irizarry-Gonzalez was pronounced dead after being taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Investigators have not yet released what caused the multi-vehicle collision.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Detective K. Stafford at (472) 272-5919, per the same police account. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Fayetteville/Cumberland County Crime Stoppers by phone at (910) 483-TIPS (8477) or online through its tip sheet.
A Corridor With a Troubled History
This is not the first fatal wreck at this stretch of roadway. The intersection of Morganton Road and East Loch Haven Drive was the site of a fatal single-vehicle crash investigated by the Fayetteville Police Department in January 2025, according to the department’s own records. The recurrence points to a persistent hazard along a corridor that state data has already flagged as unusually dangerous…