North Carolina driver dies after Tesla goes airborne, flips over, police say

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – One particular person died in a crash after a automobile flew off an overpass and onto Interstate 40 in North Carolina Friday, Durham police stated.

The wreck occurred when the driving force of a 2017 Tesla collided with the rear bumper of one other automobile, police stated.

“After the preliminary affect, the Tesla left the roadway to the proper, struck a guardrail, two site visitors indicators and a phone pole earlier than going airborne off the embankment above Interstate 40 east,” the information launch stated.

The automobile flipped because it went off the overpass and landed throughout all three lanes of I-40, police stated.

The wreck was reported simply earlier than 4:15 p.m. alongside eastbound I-40 on the U.S. 15/501 overpass, which can also be Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard, in line with a Saturday night time information launch from Durham police. The crash closed the interstate for practically 4 hours Friday afternoon.

Zack A. Wojenski, 45, of Apex, who was driving the Tesla, died on the scene, the information launch stated.

The motive force of the opposite automobile was taken to a close-by hospital for analysis. The freeway reopened round 8 p.m. Friday. No automobiles have been hit on I-40, police stated.

No costs have been filed within the crash, which remains to be below investigation.