Durham police: Man in serious condition after shooting, car wreck

Durham police on Saturday found a man with a serious gunshot wound when they responded to a traffic accident near the intersection of Alston Avenue and Main Street.

When officers arrived shortly after midnight, they found two cars that had been in a wreck. In one of the cars, they found a man who had suffered a gunshot wound to his back. He was taken to a local hospital with serious, possibly life-threatening injuries, police said in a news release.

Occupants of both vehicles suffered minor injuries.

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This story was originally published May 26, 2018 at 10:25 AM with the headline "Durham police: Man in serious condition after shooting, car wreck."