WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — UPDATE: Investigators said the wrong-way driver, originally identified as Giovany Alarcon Ruiz, gave a false name at the time of the crash. He has since been identified as Pedro Alfonso Galdamez and has been charged in the crash.
Four people are dead after a crash on US-52 in Winston-Salem Sunday, according to police.
Winston-Salem police and investigators determined that a 2010 Honda Accord with Pedro Alfonso Galdamez, 45, was driving north in the southbound lanes on US-52 South near US 421.
Galdamez crashed head-on into a 2016 Nissan Sentra carrying one driver and three passengers shortly after 3 a.m. near the 3rd St. bridge.
Three people from one of the cars died on the scene. The victims have been identified as Blanca Bernal, 60, Santa Bernadino,46, and Estafania Hernandez, 32.
The third passenger, Gregoria Jimene, 64, from the same vehicle was taken to a hospital where she later died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Galdamez was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Winston-Salem police said all lanes of US-52 South between Martin Luther King Jr Drive and US 421 were closed for 9 hours.
This is the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th motor vehicle fatality of 2023 compared to 3 at the same time in 2022.
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