# Driver plows into North Carolina cycling group, killing 1 and injuring many others

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/driver-plows-into-north-carolina-cycling-group-killing-1-and-injuring-many-others/
- Published: 2026-11-09T21:05:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T22:43:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/driver-plows-north-carolina-cycling-group-killing-1-injuring-many-others
- Topics: World

## Key points

- One cyclist died and about a dozen were injured.
- The driver faces multiple felony charges.
- Impairment is suspected as a factor.

## Summary

A car struck a group of cyclists on Optimist Farm Road in Apex, North Carolina, on Sunday morning, killing one person and injuring about a dozen others. The driver allegedly crossed the centre line and left the scene, and impairment is suspected.

The cyclist who died was Patrick Allen Turner, 63, of Cary. Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, faces charges including felony death by vehicle, seven counts of felony serious injury by vehicle and eight counts of felony hit-and-run; he was held on a $1 million secured bond. The crash has unsettled local cycling groups, which expressed sympathy for those affected and urged cyclists to look out for one another.

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