WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — A man is dead as the result of a Sunday night crash, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department.
At around 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, officers came to the on-ramp from Interstate 40 West to US 421 South after getting a report of a crash.
At the scene, police found a 2007 Buick Enclave that was the only vehicle involved in the crash and the deceased victim Zachary Franklin Gordon, 40, of Winston-Salem.
Investigators say that Gordon was driving the Buick on the I-40-to-US 421 ramp when the SUV went off the road.
Gordon, who was the only person in the car, was ejected as a result of the crash, according to police. He landed in the southbound lanes of US 421 where he was struck by oncoming traffic.
The WSPD’s Traffic Enforcement Unit has assumed investigative responsibility for the fatal crash.
There is no further information available at this time.
