Raleigh-Durham, NC
Accident Date:
Sun, 12/17/2023
At around 4:13 a.m., a vehicle driven by Harshil Patel was traveling on Interstate 87 when it left the shoulder of the road and struck a tree. The vehicle then overturned and burst into flames. Harshil Patel died, along with an as of yet unidentified passenger.
A police officer stopped Stefone Dreher on I-87. Dreher appeared to be intoxicated and failed sobriety tests, so he was arrested. While the officer was waiting for a tow truck to remove Dreher's vehicle, another vehicle struck both the police car and Dreher's vehicle.