Updated December 16, 2020 12:15 p.m. EST
Raleigh, N.C. A Duke University graduate student died in a crash on Saturday evening.
Michael Mutersbaugh, of Mclean, Va., was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on the Interstate 40 eastbound ramp at South Saunders Street.
Mutersbaugh was a first-year Ph.D. student in Duke’s neurobiology graduate program.
Raleigh police said Mutersbaugh s car was exiting on the ramp when he lost control, left the road and hit a tree.
A message sent to Duke graduate students said several other passengers are recovering from their injuries.
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