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1 dead in fatal motorcycle crash in Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — One man is dead following a fatal motorcycle crash in Winston-Salem on Saturday afternoon, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department.

Officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit responded to a reported crash at the intersection of Old Walkertown Road and Davis Road at around 2:50 p.m. on Saturday.

The intersection of Old Walkertown Road and Davis Road (Google Maps)

Investigators say that Charles Wesley Voncannon, 57, was riding a 2009 Harley-Davidson motorcycle southbound on Old Walkertown Road when the crash happened.

The officers' investigation further revealed that a 2013 GMC Terrain was driving westbound on Davis Road when the driver failed to yield the right of way to Voncannon causing the two vehicles to crash at the intersection.

Vocannon was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Winston-Salem Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit is in charge of the ongoing investigation of the fatal crash.

Police say that this is the ninth vehicle fatality of 2022 in Winston-Salem.


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