Estafania Hernandez, 32, Santa Bernadino, 46, Blanca Bernal, 60, and Gregoria Jimenez, 64, pronounced dead in wrong way, head-on collision U.S. 52 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Four women killed in U.S. 52 wreck in Winston-Salem early Sunday
Sgt. Joshua Sheets said someone was driving the wrong-way on U.S. 52, which resulted in a head-on collision at about 3 a.m. The collision took place near the Third Street bridge.
Four people dead after wrong-way driver hit another vehicle head-on, Winston-Salem police said
The driver and three passengers from one vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Authorities have not yet identified the victims.
4 women killed in wrong-way crash on U.S. 52, police said
Sixty-year-old Blanca Bernal, of High Point, 46-year-old Santa Bernadino, of Winston-Salem, and 32-year-old Estafania Hernandez, of Winston-Salem, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Sixty-four-year-old Gregoria Jimenez, of Winston-Salem, was taken to a local medical facility, where she later died of her injuries.
Wrong-way driver kills four — including two sisters — in highway crash, NC police say
Officers served warrants at the man’s residence on April 24 accusing him of four counts of felony death by motor vehicle and driving while impaired, the report says. He was also cited for not having an operator’s license and driving the wrong way, police said.
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