Man killed on 1-40 crash, 19 year old facing DWI charges

DUPLIN COUNTY – A vehicle crash resulted in fatality when Raylee Greico,19, hit Mildo Velasquez’s utility trailer on I-40 near the Wallace exit on Sunday, Feb 18. According to the NC Highway Patrol he died at the scene.

Velasquez had stopped to fix his utility trailer, which had come off the hitch when he was struck. 

“Raylee Grieco has been charged and served by the NC State Highway Patrol with the offenses of driving while impaired and failure to reduce speed,” District Attorney Ernie Lee told the Duplin Journal, adding that the NC State Highway Patrol is actively investigating the death as to other possible charges.