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Authorities are investigating a crash that killed one person and injured another Sunday night in Wake County. Authorities said the crash happened at Louisburg Road and Zebulon Road. According to State Highway Patrol, the crash stemmed from a chase.


One person dead, another injured in crash on Louisburg Road

>> 10, 9 CENTRAL ON >> BREAKING NEWS FROM WRAL COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M JULIAN GRACE. BREAKING NEWS IN WAKE COUNTY WHERE THERE IS A LARGE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMS PRESIDENTS AT A TERRIBLE CRASH SCENE. THIS IS AT LOUISBURG ROAD AND ZEBULON ROAD AND WRAL'S. CARLY HAS JUST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. AND CARLI, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE CONFIRMED ONE PERSON HAS DIED. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM THE SCENE RIGHT NOW? >> JULIAN, IT'S VERY ACTIVE, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS HERE THAT SPANNING MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDES ROLESVILLE POLICE HIGHWAY PATROL AS WELL AS THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE'RE SEEING A DESTROYED SEDAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS INTERSECTION RIGHT HERE. A LOT OF CAR PARTS EVERYWHERE RIGHT AROUND THAT. SOME CLEANUP HAS ALREADY STARTED UP AT THIS INTERSECTION IS BLOCKED. SO BE AWARE OF THAT IF YOU'RE COMING THIS WAY, THIS IS A LEWISBURG ROAD AND ZEBULON ROAD. AND THIS IS A RESULT OF A WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CHASE HIGHWAY PATROL JUST CONFIRMED FOR US ON SCENE THAT AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED IN THIS CRASH. OFFICIALS ALSO SAY AT LEAST ONE OTHER WAS INJURED IN THE PURSUIT. WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN WHAT LED WAKE COUNTY TO BEGIN THIS CHASE IN THE FIRST PLACE. HIGHWAY PATROL HAS TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION HERE. BUT WE ARE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. ABE HAVE JUST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. SO THEIR INFORMATION GATHERING AS WELL. JULIAN. >> ICARLY, KEEPING US INFORMED. LET'S GO TO THIS. NOW. THERE'S ANOTHER CRASH SCENE ABOUT 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD ON LEWISBURG ROAD FROM THAT CRASH. THIS IS A LEWISBURG ROAD AND FOX ROAD NEAR WAKE TECH'S CAMPUS VIDEO FROM OUR BREAKING NEWS TRACKER ON THE SCENE SHOWS A WAKE COUNTY MEDIC SUV BEING HOOKED ONTO A TOW TRUCK. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT THE SCENE AND FIND OUT WHO WAS INVOLVED IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME. IF THESE 2 CRASHES ARE CONNECTED.

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