Category Archives: North Carolina

Henderson, NC: 5-year-old boy killed by alleged drunk driver; dad also injured | NBC17.com

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Vincent Gregory

Vincent Gregory

Henderson police say a five-year-old boy was killed when he and his father were hit by a truck as they walked along a street.

Police say it happened about 1:15 p.m. as Richard Stokes, 22, and his son, Jayden Stokes, were walking in the 600 block of of E. Montgomery St.

According to police, a GMC truck driven by Vincent Gregory, 47, left the roadway, jumped a curb, hit a telephone pole, then hit Stokes and his son. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. His father and the driver were also injured.

Henderson police said Sunday night that charges have been filed against Gregory. Charges include felony death by motor vehicle, assault inflicting serious injury by a motor vehicle, driving while impaired, and driving while license revoked. Gregory was being held in the Vance County jail on $1,001,000 secured bond.

Henderson police say the State Highway Patrol is helping investigate.

via Police release name of child killed in Henderson DWI | NBC17.com.

Lumberton, NC: Both drivers charged with DUI in fatal crash 30 minutes into 2013 | fayobserver.com

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Two drivers have been charged with driving while impaired in a fatal crash that happened early Tuesday on Pleasant Hope Road in Robeson County, the Highway Patrol said.

The crash was reported at 12:33 a.m. near Chicken Road, about two miles northwest of Lumberton, according to a report filed by Trooper J.A. Jones.

Guster Sylvester Scott, 39, of Smokey Road in Fairmont, was traveling north on an all-terrain vehicle that had no working tail lights, the report said.

The ATV was traveling about 35 mph in the 55-mph zone, the report said, when it was hit from behind by a 1986 Ford sedan driven by Melvin Eddy Oxendine, 52, of the 1800 block of Crawford Road in Lumberton, the report said.

The Ford was traveling about 60 mph at the time, the report said.

The impact knocked the ATV across the center line, causing it to roll over, Jones’ report said. The vehicle came to rest in a ditch.

Scott and a passenger, Casie Shamon Blue, 25, of 6546 N.C. 130 East in Fairmont, were thrown from the ATV, Jones’ report said.

Blue was pronounced dead at the scene, the report said.

Scott was taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center, but his condition was not immediately available.

Additional charges are pending, the report said.

via FayObserver.com – One dead, two drivers charged with DWI in fatal crash in Robeson County.

Graham, NC – Man charged with DWI after allegedly hitting, killing man crossing highway | MyFOX8.com

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Nelson Keith Stanford (Mugshot provided by: Alamance County Sheriff's Office)

Nelson Keith Stanford

An Alamance County man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after police say he fatally struck a Burlington man on Christmas Eve.

Lt. Brad Shirley with the Graham Police Department says Michael David Holland, 41, died in the accident, which happened shortly before 6 p.m. Monday on N.C. 54/East Hardin Street near the intersection at Whittemore Road.

According to Shirley, Holland was crossing the five-lane section of highway when he was struck by a 1994 Audi sedan driven by Nelson Keith Stanford, 47, of Mebane.

Stanford was arrested and jailed under a $40,000 secured bond.

The suspect is charged with DWI and driving with a revoked license.  Shirley said more charges are pending review by the District Attorney’s office.

His first court appearance is slated for March 8.

via Mebane man charged with DWI in deadly Christmas Eve accident | MyFOX8.com – Greensboro, High-Point, Winston-Salem News & weather from WGHP Television FOX8.

Matthews, NC: Grandmother, daughter killed in wreck; driver charged with DWI | WCNC.com

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Justin W. Jones

A two-car accident in Matthews killed a grandmother and her daughter late Wednesday night.

The wreck took place around 9:30 p.m. at Independence Boulevard and Matthews Township Parkway near the Matthews Festival Shopping Center.

Police say a Honda CRV and a Chevrolet Trailblazer collided.

Marie Crook, 62, and Jennifer Hunt, 37, of Charlotte were both killed in the crash.  Hunt’s two children were also hurt in the wreck but are expected to survive, officials said.

Justin Jones, 28, of Matthews is charged with DWI and wreckless driving in the crash, and he remains in the hospital.  Police say additional charges will be filed.

“Mrs. Crook was traveling southbound and attempting to turn left onto Independence Boulevard when she was hit by Mr. Jones who was traveling northbound on Matthews Township Parkway,” a Town of Matthews spokesperson said in a statement.

Hunt’s two children in the vehicle at the time of the collision have been treated and released from the hospital.

via Grandmother, daughter killed in wreck; driver charged with DWI | WCNC.com Charlotte.

Hickory, NC: Man charged with DWI in motorcyclist’s death | hickoryrecord.com

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Henry Carroll Jr. says he doesn’t remember crossing the center line and hitting Dennis Leroy Dorrier Sunday night as he rode his motorcycle down 16th Street NE.

That’s what he told WSOC TV, the Record’s news partner on Tuesday. But Carroll also told the station, “I’m really, really sorry,” and said he has slept little since the crash happened.

Carroll has been charged with driving while impaired.

Dorrier, 54, of Hickory, was pronounced dead Sunday night after he was transported to Frye Regional Medical Center.

A search warrant of Carroll’s 1991 Ford Ranger pickup truck says police smelled alcohol on Carroll’s breath after the crash. It also says Carroll told officers he had taken numerous does of prescribed medicines, including Soma, Xanex, Opana and Percocet. The warrant says Carroll displayed signs of being impaired during a sobriety test, including slurred speech and not being able to keep his balance.

Carroll told WSOC that he had been taking the medicines for 20 years and he’s never had an accident or ticket.

According to WSOC, friends and family were at Dorrier’s home Tuesday.

“One minute your life is fine. The next everything is upside down. I want answers but it is not going to bring Dennis back,” said his girlfriend Candy Hall.

Additional charges may be forthcoming as a result of the accident.

via Man charged with DWI in motorcyclist’s death – HDR | Hickory Daily Record : News.

Charlotte, NC: Dog walker killed by suspected drunk driver | foxcharlotte.com

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James Nash

Police are investigating a Friday morning car accident that left one pedestrian dead and one driver charged with DWI.

University City Division officers responded to a call for service for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the 5000 block of Prosperity Church Road Friday morning.  The victim, Michael Dennis Case, 53, was crossing the road at the intersection of Loganville Drive, with his dog, when he was struck by a 1999 Volvo S80 traveling northwest.

The driver of the Volvo, James B. Nash, 65, stopped and attempted to call 911.

Mr. Case was pronounced deceased by Medic at 3:58am from the injuries sustained in the collision.  Nash was not injured in the collision. Mr. Case’s dog was transported by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Animal Care and Control Bureau for treatment for a broken hind leg.

Detectives with the Major Crash Investigations Unit were called to the scene to conduct the investigation. James Nash exhibited signs of impairment and was arrested on the scene and charged with Driving While Impaired. He was transported to the hospital where a blood sample was drawn for analysis. Nash was then transported to the Mecklenburg County Intake Center.

The family of Michael Case has been notified of his death.

The collision is under investigation and additional charges may be pending.

via Drunk Driver Kills Dog Walker | Charlotte News | Weather | Carolina Panthers | Bobcats | FOX Charlotte | Local News.

Salisbury, NC: Driver Charged After Drunk Suspected Driving Accident Kills 14-Year-Old | foxcharlotte.com

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A driver is facing charges after a crash killed a 14-year-old boy in Salisbury.

Troopers say the driver was drunk and speeding at the time of the wreck.  It happened Sunday morning on Goodnight Road.

The suspect is in jail under a $1 million bond.  The name of the driver has not been released.

via Driver Charged After Drunk Driving Accident Kills 14-Year-Old | Charlotte News | Weather | Carolina Panthers | Bobcats | FOX Charlotte | Crime.

Fayetteville, NC: Man dies after being struck by suspected drunken driver | fayobserver.com

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A Hope Mills man died early this morning after he was struck by a drunken driver while helping push a disabled vehicle near a Skibo Road intersection.

Fayetteville police said Lavardis Whitman, 22, of the 5500 block of Jackson Street, and Terekus Rogers, 30, were trying to push a disabled 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier from Swain Street onto Bragg Boulevard just after midnight this morning.

While pushing the vehicle, Whitman and the Cavalier were struck by a car being driven by Jeremy Banaka, 23, of the 100 block of Waterway Drive in Spring Lake.

via FayObserver.com – Hope Mills man dies after being struck by Spring Lake drunken driver.

Lenoir, NC: Man charged with DWI after kills 92-year-old | www.wsoctv.com

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A family in Lenoir is canceling their Thanksgiving after an accident killed a 92-year-old loved one and put another family member in the hospital.

Police have charged the driver of the van who hit them with DWI and felony death by motor vehicle.

Family members told Channel 9 Donald Roper was taking his father, Howard, to the dentist when the accident happened along Highway 321 in Lenoir.

They shared a photo of Roper, who lived across the street from his daughter and son-in-law.

The family had planned to gather for Thanksgiving, but those plans have been called off after police said the driver crossed the median and into the southbound traffic before slamming into Roper’s SUV, killing his elderly father.

The driver of the van, Jack White, is locked up under a $30,000 bail.

Police said they could smell alcohol on him. According to court documents, they believe he was impaired by alcohol.

via Police: Man charged with DWI after Lenoir crash kills 92-year-old | www.wsoctv.com.

Durham, NC: man crashes and burns to death after evading DUI checkpoint | newsobserver.com

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State troopers were trying to determine the identity of a man who was killed in a head-on collision early Saturday after he tried to avoid a DWI checkpoint and led two patrol cruisers on a high-speed chase that ended on N.C. 98 near the Durham-Wake county line. First Sgt. Jeff Gordon, a spokesman with the N.C. State Highway Patrol, said the man was burned beyond recognition when the sports car he was driving burst into flames after crashing into a box truck. “He was burned pretty badly,” Gordon said.

Halifax Co., NC: Infant killed in multi-vehicle crash. DWI charged | rrdailyherald.com

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The infant who died as a result of Friday’s fatal wreck on Interstate 95 that started with a collision between a vehicle and a bear was from Halifax County.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper J.D. Warren said Reginald Best, who was only two months old at the time of the wreck, died Sunday as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

Best was from Halifax County, though Warren did not know exactly in which part of the county Best resided.

Best was in a child restraint seat, properly restrained, Warren said, and sitting in a stopped vehicle when a commercial truck driven by William Castaneda, 58, of Elizabeth, N.J., crashed into five stopped passenger vehicles in the northbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 160 at around 12:45 a.m. Friday.

Warren said inattentiveness and impairment were responsible for Castaneda’s colliding with the vehicles.

The car carrying Best was stopped due to the fact moments earlier, a car had collided with a 500-pound black bear on the Interstate, and a second collision had followed the first, Warren said. With traffic stopped, Castaneda’s truck then crashed into stopped traffic, ultimately causing the injuries to Best.

Castaneda is charged with driving while intoxicated and felony injury. Warren said a decision will be made by Halifax County District Attorney Melissa Pelfrey regarding an increase in the severity of the charges against Castaneda.

via Baby who died in I-95 wreck was from Halifax County – Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald: Access.

Alamance Co., NC : Mayor Pro Tem, State Legislature candidate charged with DUI : wfmy .com

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Mebane City Council member, and Mayor Pro Tem, Patty Philipps, has been charged with driving while impaired. Highway Patrol Troopers tell WFMY News 2 they received a call from a concerned citizen early Saturday morning and stopped Philipps on Interstate 40 in Burlington. Troopers said Philipps blew a .15 percent blood alcohol level on a Breathalyzer test. The legal limit in North Carolina is .08 percent. Troopers arrested Philipps at the scene. She was later released on bond. Philipps, a Democrat, is running for the District 63 seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives. WFMY News 2 called Philipps for comment and she said, “On October 6, 2012, I was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. I made a serious mistake. I am deeply sorry and apologize to my family, friends, and community.”

Lumberton, NC: Woman charged with DWI following crash that killed 4-year-old granddaughter | fayobserver.com

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A Linden woman has been charged with driving while impaired in a Saturday crash on Interstate 95 that killed her 4-year-old granddaughter, the Highway Patrol said.

Tracy Lynne Blackmon, 36, of the 8800 block of Looking Glass Road, was cited also for failing to have the girl in a child restraint seat and reckless driving, according to a report filed by Trooper H.P. Locklear.

The crash happened at 4:26 p.m. in the southbound lanes just north of Exit 20 at St. Pauls, the report said.

Blackmon, driving a 2004 Chevrolet sport utility vehicle, was traveling about 80 mph in the 65 mph zone, Locklear said.

The SUV ran off the left side of the road, flipped over and landed on its top in the median, Locklear said.

Blackmon’s granddaughter, Chances Briggs, of 429 Lynhurst Drive in Fayetteville, was thrown from the vehicle when it flipped, Locklear said.

She was taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, Locklear said.

Four others in the vehicle also were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

They were identified as Blackmon’s daughter, Shaniya Blackmon, 15, also of Linden; Sherrie Lynn Miller, 33, of the 6500 Baldoon Drive in Fayetteville, and her two children, Michael Miller, 3, and 1-year-old Tamia Miller.

The adults were wearing seat belts and the Miller children were in child restraint seats, Locklear said.

via FayObserver.com – Linden woman charged with DWI in crash that killed her 4-year-old granddaughter.

Lillington, NC: 23-year-old passenger dead after suspected drunk driver crashes at 1:50 a.m. | fayobserver.com

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A Spring Lake man was charged with driving while impaired Sunday after a crash on Womack Road killed a passenger in his car, the Highway Patrol said.

Cody Hank Boyles, 23, of 1873 Adock Road in Lillington, was pronounced dead at the scene, about 7 miles northwest of Raven Rock State Park, according to a report filed by Trooper J.E. Stahl.

The wreck was reported at 1:50 a.m., the report said.

Jonathan Howard Norton, 31, of Crestview Place, was driving a 2006 Nissan that was traveling northeast, the report said.

Norton lost control of the car, which was traveling about 70 mph in a 55-mph zone, the report said, which ran off the road and hit a ditch.

The car overturned, partially ejecting Boyles, who was not wearing a seat belt, the report said.

Norton was taken to WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, the report said.

via FayObserver.com – Spring Lake man charged with DWI after crash killed passenger in his car Sunday on Womack Road.

Farmville, NC: Woman Killed In Crash By Suspected Drunk Driver On Revoked License | witn.com

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Sidney Barrett

Troopers say a Greenville woman was killed after a drunk driver crashed into her vehicle Saturday night.

According to troopers 57-year-old Phyllis Hardy was killed after 26-year-old Sidney Barrett of Farmville crossed left to center on Highway 121 and hit Hardy’s vehicle head on. It happened near Kittrell Hill Road about 2 miles outside of Farmville.

Three other people in Barrett’s vehicle were transported to the hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time. Hardy was the only one in her vehicle.

Barrett has been charged with felony death by a motor vehicle, DWI, and driving while license revoked.

According to records Barrett has prior convictions of driving while license revoked.

via Troopers: Greenville Woman Killed By Drunk Driver In Crash.