2nd person dies in Cary motorcycle crash, man charged with DWI

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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Man killed, woman hospitalized in Cary motorcycle crash, police say
Cary police say a motorcyclist was killed in a Tuesday evening crash near Maynard Road and Old Apex Road.

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A second person has died after a crash in Cary involving a motorcycle on Tuesday.

It happened near SW Maynard Road and Old Apex Road.

Authorities said a motorcycle ridden by a man and woman collided with a vehicle. The male motorcyclist was killed and the woman was taken to the hospital. Police confirmed on Thursday that the woman had also died.

The driver of the car, identified as Mark Abbott, 62, was not hospitalized. Abbott was arrested and charged with driving while impaired, felony death by vehicle and felony causing serious injury by vehicle.

The names of the motorcyclists have not been released.

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