Wake County inmate van and car in head-on crash in Raleigh

A crash at the intersection of Hammond Road and Rush Street involved a Wake County Sheriff's Office inmate transport van on Monday.
Posted 8/18/2025, 7:44:00 PM Updated 8/18/2025, 9:58:37 PM

LIVE IN ROCKY MOUNT BOY, I HOPE

SHE GETS TO THAT WEDDING.

THANK YOU.

>> A DOZEN PEOPLE INTO THE

HOSPITAL AFTER A CAR CRASHED

INTO A WAKE COUNTY JAIL

TRANSPORT VAN THIS AFTERNOON

RALLY POLICE TOLD US THERE WERE

INMATES ON THAT BAN. WRAL'S.

KIRSTEN CLARK IS LIVE AT THE

WAKE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

KIRSTEN, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT

THE PEOPLE INVOLVED HERE?

ASHLEY, THE WAKE COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US THAT

BAN WAS TRANSPORTING INMATES

FROM HERE. THE WAKE COUNTY

DETENTION CENTER TO THE PUBLIC

SAFETY CENTER FOR COURT.

THERE WERE 11 INMATES INTO

DEPUTIES ON THAT VAN AT THE

TIME OF THE CRASH. WILL TAKE A

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO WE HAVE HERE

SHOWING THE AFTERMATH OF THAT

HEAD-ON COLLISION. YOU CAN SEE

THE FRONT OF BOTH THE VAN AND

CAR ARE SMASHED AND MANGLED ALL

11 INMATES. THE PASSENGER

DEPUTY AND THE PASSENGER IN THE

OTHER CAR WERE TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.

>> BOTH DRIVERS WERE EVALUATED

BY WAKE COUNTY EMS, BUT DID NOT

NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

NOW, RALEIGH POLICE IDENTIFIED

THE DRIVER OF THAT OTHER CAR AS

45 YEAR-OLD ANDREW WOFFORD.

HE IS NOW FACING A LIST OF

CHARGES INCLUDING CARELESS AND

RECKLESS DRIVING AND FAILURE

TO REDUCE SPEED

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