One person dead, 20 others injured after being hit by impaired driver while riding a bike :: WRAL.com

One person died; 20 more people are injured in a cyclist crash Saturday morning in Wake County.

Around 9:40 a.m., a car driven by an impaired driver struck several people on bicycles on Optimist Farm Road near Talicud Trail in Wake County.

Patrick Turner, 63, of Cary, died at the scene and seven other people were taken to the hospital.

A group of 30 cyclists from the Capital Cyclist Club were riding east when a black Infiniti crossed the center line and struck several cyclists before returning to their own lane and then landing in a ditch about a half-mile from the initial crash site, according to the Holly Springs Fire Department.

One of the cyclists told WRAL they frequently ride the route together.

The driver of the vehicle, Donald Robert Morris-Jones, 76, of Apex, is charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI), careless and reckless driving, felony death by motor vehicle and felony serious injury by motor vehicle.

Several people were treated at the scene and transported to hospital. There are different levels of injuries among cyclists.

Of the 20 people injured, seven are seriously injured and 13 have minor injuries, according to Holly Springs Fire Chief LeRoy Smith.

A Wake County EMS bus was brought in to transport the injured to local hospitals.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is responding to the crash. Optimist Farm Road has reopened.