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Part of I-40 West in Cary was shut down on Tuesday morning after a person died in a pedestrian crash. Traffic was backed up into Raleigh during the morning commute.



Deadly pedestrian crash causing serious backups on I-40 West in Wake County

<p>COMING UP, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT, BUT SOME OF THE SCENARIOS COULD BE CAN THIS WITH AT 6.31. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK IN STAYING ON TOP OF SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW IN CARY. I-40 WESTBOUND ALL LANES OF CLOTHES. THAT BACKUP STRETCHES ALL THE WAY BACK TO LAKE WHEELER. ROAD BECAUSE OF A FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASH. LET'S GET RIGHT TO. &gt;&gt; WR IS MAKING NEWS TRACKING NICK PERLIN ON THE SCENIC. WHAT DO YOU DO THAT SET THE SCENE FOR US. &gt;&gt; WELL, CAN I CAN TELL YOU I HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC ON I-40 WEST TO GET HERE WHERE I AM AND I CAN TELL YOU WAS NOT MOVING AT ALL. SO DEFINITELY GOING TO WANT TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. BUT WE DID LEARN THAT ONE PERSON WAS SADLY KILLED IN THIS CRASH. IT WAS A PEDESTRIAN. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT PEDESTRIAN GOT ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND WHAT ELSE LED UP TO THIS CRASH. BUT WE'RE EXPECTING ALWAYS HERE ON I-40 WEST TO BE CLOSED FOR SOME TIME AS LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES THEIR INVESTIGATION AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED JUST HOW FAR BACK TRAFFIC IS SPINNING BECAUSE OF THIS CRASH. SO WHAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET AROUND THIS RIGHT NOW? I MAKE IF YOU LISTEN TO US ON THE RADIO, 1, 1, 0, 5, HD 3, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO GET OFF OF LAKE WHEELER ROAD AT THIS POINT. I WOULD RECOMMEND ROCK QUARRY ROAD IF YOU'RE COMING IN FROM GARDNER, JOHNSON, COUNTY AND ALL POINTS EAST LIKE KNIGHTDALE. &gt;&gt; GET OFF AND RECORD. WHAT IF YOU TRY TO GET TO ALL POINTS WEST, GET ALL THOUGHT DO HEAD OVER THAT RIVAL DILLA DRIVE AND MAYBE WALNUT AND BACK ON US. ONE WORK YOUR WAY BACK TO I-40 WESTBOUND IN THE BELT LINE. ALSO, YOU CAN TAKE THE NORTHERN LOOP OF THE BELT LINE AS A RESULT OF THIS STUFF. PRESS THERE AND THE DELAYS IT'S CAUSING BECAUSE THIS IS COURTESY OF A LIVE CAM NETWORK ON 40 EVEN FERRY ROAD. NOTHING IS MOVING THERE IN THOSE WESTBOUND LANES. SO AVOID IT</p>

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