4 victims identified in I-440 wrong-way crash in Raleigh

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Four people were killed in a crash Saturday morning on I-440 westbound.

At about 2:20 a.m., the Raleigh Police Department responded to a crash on I-440 westbound near Capital Boulevard.

Police said Gerson Ivan Ambriz-Martin, 21, was driving a 2013 Honda Civic in the wrong direction on I-440 westbound. Other passengers in the car were Yesenia Gutierrez Lopez, 32, and Matias Lopez Aldair Rivaldo, 24.

Ambriz-Martin then hit a 2018 Honda Accord driving westbound head-on. The Honda Accord was being driven by 28-year-old Bianca Zena Powell.

Both drivers and two passengers inside the Honda Civic died from their injuries.

The crash is still being investigated.

North Carolina Department of Transportation said there were a total of 59 wrong-way crashes in 2023. Twenty-three of those crashes were fatal.