Driver charged with DWI in fatal accident

RALEIGH It happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of MLK Jr. Boulevard and Chavis Way.

Investigators say Martimer Cobb, 50, of Southgate Drive hit 30-year-old Nikisha Gamble of Joe Lewis Avenue while she was in a pedestrian crosswalk.

Gamble was killed.

Cobb was charged with driving while intoxicated. He was also charged with having an expired inspection and registration on his car.