According to authorities, a guy was killed in Winston-Salem after being shot while operating a vehicle.
Police were called to a shooting in the 1300 block of North Liberty Street on Thursday night at 11:26 p.m. Officers were informed of a collision at the junction of East 14th Street and Highland Avenue while they were their route to the scene.
Officers on the scene discovered that a car had struck a utility pole, bringing down the powerlines.
When police went to check on the motorist, they discovered him to be dead.
After being shot while driving at the intersection of 14th Street and North Liberty Street, the motorist, identified as Miguel Tomas Ortiz, 41, of Kernersville, is said to have crashed into a power pole close to the Highland Avenue intersection.