Man charged in Brier Creek crash that left two people dead

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man has been charged in a double fatal crash that happened Sunday night on Brier Creek Parkway in Raleigh.

Raleigh Police said Jose Saul Diaz-Morales, 32, has been charged with driving while impaired.

Police say the crash happened about 10:45 p.m. when two vehicles driving west in the 9600 block of Brier Creek Parkway collided. One of them ran off the road and hit a tree.

Two people in that vehicle died.

The second vehicle then ran off the road and hit a tree in the center median.

Investigators said speed was also a factor in the crash.

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