1 killed, 22 injured after elderly driver suspected to be impaired strikes cyclists in North Carolina, officials say

At least one person is dead and 22 others were injured when an elderly driver struck a group of cyclists in Wake County, North Carolina, shortly after 9:30 a.m. Saturday, according to authorities. The vehicle crossed the center line before traveling away from the scene and running off the roadway, colliding with a ditch, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.

Seven people were taken to trauma centers, and 15others were sent to local hospitals with injuries, Chief LeRoy Smith of the Holly Springs Fire Department told CNN…

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