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A deadly crash off U.S. Highway 64 near Shepherds Vineyard Drive in Apex shut down part of the highway Monday morning.


Person killed in crash on US 64 in Apex, car stuck in wooded area

WE'RE WATCHING, WHICH WILL TAKE A LOOK AT COMING UP. >> ELIZABETH, THANK YOU. NOW TO THAT BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING IN APEX IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES, POLICE RESPONDED TO REOPEN THE U.S. 64 BETWEEN US ONE AND SALEM STREET. A DEADLY CRASH AT THE ROADS SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS. THE CAR INVOLVED IS STILL TANGLED IN THE WOODS. WREL'S ALLEY CAT LABAR IS IN THE WRAL BREAKING NEWS TRACKER AT THAT SCENE. AND ALI, WE KNOW THE ROAD IS OPENED, BUT THE CLEANUP IS FAR FROM FINISHED. >> AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A OFFICERS STILL ON THE SCENE HERE IN THIS IS US 64 BY SHERWOOD VINEYARD DRIVE AND BEHIND THAT OFFICER IN THAT WOODED AREA IS WHERE THAT CAR'S STILL IS. THEY ARE WAITING FOR CREWS TO COME AND CUT DOWN TREES RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS IS VIDEO FROM AROUND 2.30, THIS MORNING. THE CAR IS BURIED IN THAT WOODED AREA. TOW TRUCK CREWS TRIED TO GET IT OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, BUT THEY COULDN'T THE WRAL BREAKING NEWS TRACKER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO OF THE CARS TRACKS BEFORE THE CRASH. IT HAPPENED AROUND 10, 30 LAST NIGHT. POLICE ON THE SCENE TELL US THAT AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED WITHIN THIS BROADCAST BY RADIO TRAFFIC OF THE MOMENTS CREWS WERE SENT TO FIND THE CRASHED CAR. >> US A GOOD PORTION OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE A CALL ON MAKING SURE HER SON CALLED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH SEVERAL PATIENTS. ONE POSSIBLE EJECTION. >> AND THEN WE KNOW THAT ONE PERSON DID DIE FROM THIS CRASH. WE'RE WORKING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED. THERE WASN'T ANY INJURIES. WHAT LED UP TO THIS CRASH? WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO APEX

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