北卡罗来纳州汽车越线冲入骑行队伍致1死22伤 76岁司机被控多项重罪
北卡罗来纳州韦克县—11月7日周六上午，一支骑行队伍沿 Raleigh 西南约14英里的 Optimist Farm Road 骑行时，一辆对向行驶的黑色轿车越过道路中央线冲入队伍，造成1人死亡、22人受伤。北卡罗来纳州公路巡逻队说，遇难者是住在 Cary 的 Patrick Allen Turner，现年63岁。
公路巡逻队说，肇事司机是住在 Apex 的 Donald Robert Morris-Jones，现年76岁。他撞入队伍后没有停车，继续行驶约半英里后冲出道路左侧、驶入沟中，随后被执法人员带走。
Holly Springs 消防局局长 LeRoy Smith 告诉美国有线电视新闻网（CNN），急救人员在现场共发现22名伤者，其中7人伤势较重、被送往地区创伤中心，另有15人被送往医院治疗。CNN 的合作台 WRAL 给出的数字是20名伤者，同样是7人重伤、其余为轻伤。
法院记录显示，Morris-Jones 面临多项指控，包括肇事逃逸致人重伤或死亡、车辆致人重伤以及酒后驾驶，保释金定为100万美元，他定于周一下午出庭。CNN 报道说，他此前似乎没有犯罪记录，但法庭文件称他对社会构成严重危险；他是否已经有律师，目前还不明确。
出事的骑行队伍来自 Capital Cycling Club。这家俱乐部以 Apex 一带为基地，是北卡罗来纳州历史最久的骑行俱乐部之一，成员经常沿这条路线结队骑行。
当地骑行团体 Bike Durham 的 Shaun King 对 WRAL 说，这是让整个骑行群体揪心的一天。Turner 等在车祸中遇难的骑行者将在11月15日的一场烛光守夜中被纪念，那一天也是当地纪念步行者与骑行者遇难者的日子。另一家俱乐部 Team CBC 取消了周日的骑行，向遇难者与伤者表达尊重。
公路巡逻队正牵头调查这起事故，案件将随法院程序继续推进。
Car Crosses Center Line Into Cyclists in North Carolina, Killing 1 and Injuring 22; Driver, 76, Charged
WAKE COUNTY, North Carolina — A black oncoming car crossed the center line and plowed into a group of cyclists riding along Optimist Farm Road, about 14 miles southwest of Raleigh, on Saturday morning, November 7, killing one rider and injuring 22 others. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the rider who died was Patrick Allen Turner, 63, of Cary.
The Highway Patrol identified the driver as Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, of Apex. He did not stop after hitting the group, continued for about half a mile, then ran off the left side of the road into a ditch, where he was taken into custody.
Chief LeRoy Smith of the Holly Springs Fire Department told CNN that first responders found 22 people injured: seven with more serious injuries were taken to regional trauma centers and 15 others were hospitalized. CNN affiliate WRAL put the toll at 20 injured, also with seven seriously hurt and the rest with minor injuries.
Court records show Morris-Jones faces multiple charges, including hit-and-run causing serious injury or death, serious injury by vehicle and driving while impaired. He is being held on a $1 million bond and is due in court on Monday afternoon. CNN reported that he does not appear to have a criminal record, though court records describe him as an overwhelming danger to society, and it was not yet clear whether he has a lawyer.
The riders were with the Capital Cycling Club, based in the Apex area and one of the oldest cycling clubs in North Carolina, whose members frequently ride the route together.
Shaun King of the nonprofit Bike Durham told WRAL it was a harrowing day for the cycling community. Turner and other cyclists killed in crashes are to be remembered at a candlelight vigil on November 15, the local World Day of Remembrance for pedestrians and cyclists killed in crashes. Another club, Team CBC, canceled its Sunday ride out of respect for the rider killed and those injured.
The Highway Patrol is leading the investigation, and the case will move forward through the courts.
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