High Point man charged with DWI after Tennessee comedian killed in wreck

A stand-up comedian from Tennessee died early Sunday morning after he was involved in a two-car wreck on I-40 near N.C. 54.Brian Edward Kiley, 28, of Goodlettsville, Tenn., died at the scene of the accident.The driver of the other vehicle, Raul Herrera, 31, of High Point, was charged with driving while impaired, according to the Durham Police Department.

Kiley was driving east on I-40 about 3:40 a.m. and was just past the N.C. 54 interchange when Herrera, who also was driving east, swerved and hit Kiley’s Nissan Maxima. The impact caused both vehicles to go off the road and overturn.
Herrera was transported to a hospital to be treated for what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, according to Durham police.
Kiley was a stand-up comedian, according to his friend, J.J. Brent.“He’d just married the love of his life a few short months ago,” Brent wrote in an email. “His life was instantly changed because in addition to a beautiful new wife, he gained an adorable little daughter.”

Kiley was married Oct. 5, 2012, to Amber, who had a daughter named McKala, Brent wrote. They met at his church’s temple, according to Brent.
“Brian took to parenting with great love in his heart,” Brent wrote.Kiley had just performed at the Newton-Conover Auditorium in Newton with headliner Jon Reep on Saturday night. Reep is the comedian known for being the guy in the Dodge commercial, who asked, “That thing got a hemi?”
On his Facebook page, Reep posted a story about Kiley’s death and wrote that he was at a loss for words.

“I’m so sad right now,” Reep wrote. “Please keep his wife and family in your prayers. RIP Brian! He was a good comedian and a Great Human being.”
Brent wrote that Kiley had recently set new priorities in his life and wanted to stay home with his family instead of going on the road to perform comedy.