Missing Man Found Dead in Fatal Crash

0:00It's April 7. I'm Cory with the story, this is Durham News today, driven by AI. Raleigh police are digging into a fatal crash that turned up a missing man from Kerry, identified as 48-year-old Linwood Phillips. Officers got the call just before 4.30pm on Monday, finding his car flipped off the ramp from Interstate 40 West to inbound Wade Avenue, down in embankment, and crashed into the woods. The vehicle had been hauling at least 70 miles per hour when it veered off, went airborne, and slammed hard enough to crush into the drivers. Space. Phillips was buckled up but didn't make it pronounced dead right there on impact. This hit closed to home since he'd been reported missing in Kerry not long before. Folks in the area are reeling from the sudden news, turning was started as a worried search into a heartbreaking close. Investigators are still piecing it together, looking at every angle from speed to what led him off the road that day. One more reminder of how quick things can turn on these highways. Stay safe out there y'all.