Background: News footage of the head-on crash in Raleigh, N.C. that involved Anderson Singleton (WNCN). Inset: Anderson Singleton (Wake County Sheriff’s Office).
North Carolina police accused a man of allegedly crashing his car into another one in an attempt to kill his wife — which echoed what he alleged was heard saying at the scene.
Anderson Singleton, 33, faces several felony charges, including assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, after police said he allegedly intentionally caused a head-on car crash on Saturday. According to reporting by local CBS affiliate WNCN, Singleton was driving a black Honda CR-V with his wife in the front passenger seat when he allegedly swerved into an oncoming brown Toyota Camry.
The crash was caught on camera by a passerby, whose vehicle had a dashcam.
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WNCN interviewed Jorge Bravo, the driver of that SUV who stopped to help the victims of the crash after it occurred. Bravo told WNCN that Singleton reportedly had a lot to say in the aftermath of the collision, which injured Singleton, his wife, and the two men inside the Toyota Camry.
Referring to Singleton, Bravo said, “He was like, ‘Oh, that’s not an accident. I was trying to kill my wife and myself. We were fighting each other. We’re trying to kill each other. We’re definitely going to the psych ward.””
Police stated that they did not believe Singleton was impaired at the time of the alleged crash.
Bravo told WNCN that a paramedic also happened to drive by the crash site and stayed to provide assistance to the four injured victims. He said he witnessed Singleton’s wife “kind of just [fall] out of the passenger door and just kind of just [lay] there.”
All four people involved in the crash were taken to the hospital for serious, but not life-threatening injuries. Singleton was released from the hospital and is currently in custody at Wake County Jail, where he is being held without bond.
Singleton was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill causing serious injuries, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, careless and reckless driving, and driving left of center by patrol.
