Raleigh, NC : Two people died in wrong-way crash on Interstate 440 in Raleigh on Tuesday, December 22, 2015

A Wilson mother is asking for the community's support, after her son was killed by a suspected drunk driver who was going the wrong way on I-440.

The accident happened Tuesday just before 1:40 in the morning in between New Bern Avenue and Brentwood Road.

21-year-old Alejandro Mendez Gonzalez died at the scene.

"All of the friends who knew Alejandro Mendez, we need your help please. In Alejandro's memory," his mother, Esperanza Gonzalez, said.

Gonzalez, originally from Wilson, was living in Raleigh. He was working two jobs and going to school, family members said.

Police say 34-year-old Jesus Galera was driving a 2008 Ford sedan east in the westbound lanes of the Beltline when he collided head-on with a 2002 Honda sedan driven by Gonzalez.

Police believe Galera was driving while impaired. He was arrested in 2003 and charged with DWI.

Galera also died at the scene. No one else was in the vehicles.

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DOT TAKES HARD LOOK AFTER WRONG-WAY CRASH KILLS 2 ON I-440