Stretch of Six Forks Road closed after driver killed in wrong-way crash

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Six Forks Road between Newton Road and Sawmill Road was closed for hours after a fatal crash Monday afternoon.

Raleigh Police said a driver was traveling the wrong way--south in the northbound lanes of Six Forks Road--and caused a head-on crash.

The vehicle overturned and the wrong-way driver was killed.

One person in the other vehicle was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The incident remains under investigation.

The stretch of road reopened about 7:45 p.m.