On July 7, 2008, a 46-year-old motorcyclist began fleeing police in Durham, North Carolina when they tried to pull him over for speeding. After a 5-minute chase, the man ran into the back of a car while traveling 110 miles-per-hour.

The driver of the car involved in the car accident was injured and transported to a hospital. The motorcyclist was also injured and is in serious condition at an area hospital.

The man faces several charges, including driving while intoxicated (DWI). In the past 10 years, he had been charged with DWI three times, and may now be charged as a habitual DWI offender.

Source: “Two injured after motorcyclist leads authorities on chase,” Wral.com, July 7, 2008.

On July 7, 2008, police officers in Iredell County, North Carolina observed two men doing drugs in a car, and when they approached the car, the two men fled the scene. A passenger in the car jumped from the car, while the driver continued, eventually getting into a car accident.

A woman and child, the family of a detective, were in the car involved in the car accident, and were transported to an area hospital. The driver of the fleeing car also was transported to an area hospital.

Both men face felonious charges, including driving while intoxicated (DWI) and assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer.

Source: “Mother, Child Become Innocent Victims Following Police Chase,” WSOCTV.com, July 7, 2008.

On June 28, 2008, a Wilmington, North Carolina police car was driving on Third Street when it approached an intersection, where the driver of a 2004 Honda Element made a left turn into the path of the police car, resulting in the police car getting into a car accident with the Honda.

Both drivers involved in the car accident, as well as several passengers in the Honda, were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries. The driver of the Honda, a 35-year-old man from Wilmington, was charged with driving while impaired (DWI) and driving during revocation.

Source: “Police Blotter: Wilmington police car involved in accident,” Wilmington Star News, June 30, 2008.

On June 21, 2008, a 23-year-old man was crossing the Northeast Creek Bridge on Lejeune Boulevard in Jacksonville, North Carolina, when he hit two bicyclists, causing one to fall over the bridge into Northeast Creek.

The vehicle then left the scene. A witness to the car accident followed the vehicle, and the driver was eventually caught by police.

One of the bicyclists walked to a nearby business to ask for help before being transported to an area hospital, where he was treated and released for injuries sustained in the bike accident. The body of the other bicyclist, an 18-year-old from Midway Park, North Carolina, was recovered from the creek.

A passenger in the car received a serious cut on his arm during the car accident.

Police filed charges against the driver of the car in the car accident. The man was charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving, driving while impaired (DWI) and three counts of hit-and-run. The driver of the car attempted to report his car stolen the morning after the fatal car accident.

His passenger was charged with two counts of fleeing the scene of an accident involving injury and death, failure to remain at the scene and not reporting the accident to authorities.

Source: Lindell Kay, “Hit-and-run driver kills cyclist,” ENCToday.com, June 23, 2008.

On June 19, 2008, a 28-year-old man was driving on McBride Road in Mount Airy, North Carolina, when he went left of center, driving down an embankment and through a fence.

The owner of the property attempted to get the man to stop the car, which hit the property owner, who was not injured. The driver of the car drove it about a quarter-mile further down the road but wrecked again in an embankment.

A North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper arrived on the scene of the car accident to allegedly find one pound of marijuana on the front floorboard of the passenger side of the car. Scales and plastic bags were later found in the car.

The man was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver; maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia; driving while impaired (DWI); hit and run/failing to stop after property damage; driving left of center; exceeding a safe speed; driving with license revoked; and failure to wear a seat belt.

He is scheduled to appear in count on July 10, 2008 for the drug charges and on September 11, 2008 for the traffic offenses.

Source: Tom Joyce, “Wreck leads to multiple charges,” The Mount Airy News, June 21, 2008.

On June 12, 2008, a 31-year-old man was driving on Ramsey Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina when his car crossed the median, hitting another car head-on. The car accident sent a 24-year-old Fort Bragg soldier and his 8-month-old son to an area hospital with injuries. The drunk driver was airlifted by helicopter to UNC Hospitals with unknown injuries.

Authorities said they received calls about the man’s erratic driving, but were unable to reach him before the car accident occurred. Police have charged the man with driving while intoxicated (DWI) and careless and reckless driving.

Source: Kelly Hinchcliffe, “Police: Drunk driver hit Fort Bragg soldier, baby,” WRAL.com, June 13, 2008.

On May 25, 2008, a 30-year-old man was driving while intoxicated (DWI) and driving the wrong way on Interstate 440 in Raleigh, North Carolina, when he got into a head-on car accident, killing three people and injuring three people, including himself.

The man was charged with DWI, three counts of felony death by motor vehicle and two counts of felony injury by motor vehicle. The DWI car accident killed a 26-year-old man and his 21-year-old brother, as well as a 14-year-old boy, all from the Raleigh area.

Source: “Accident kills 3 on Interstate 440,” ABC11.com, May 25, 2008.

On May 18, 2008, a drunk driver got into a car accident in Raleigh, North Carolina. Authorities say the suspect crossed the center line on Cross Link Road to pass a car that was attempting to make a left turn, when the drunk driver hit the car.

Two passengers in the back of the victim’s car were thrown from the vehicle in the car accident. Six people, including both drivers, were transported to area hospitals, where five were treated and released. One remains in critical condition from injuries sustained in the DWI car accident.

The drunk driver was charged with one count of felony hit and run after fleeing the scene of the car accident, three counts of felony serious injury by vehicle, one count of driving while intoxicated (DWI), two counts of having an open container and one count of filing a false police report.

Source: “Man charged with fleeing accident,” News and Observer, May 19, 2008.

On May 11, 2008, a 20-year-old man was driving in Durham, North Carolina when he got into a single-car accident, running into a home on Linwood Avenue. The owner of the residence was at home but was uninjured in the car accident.

Two men, the driver of the car an an apparent passenger, attempted to flee the scene of the car accident.

The driver of the car was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) after blowing a .14 on the breathalyzer test, almost twice the legal limit. The resident of the home hit by the car said the driver had a case of Corona in his front seat. The man responsible for the car accident was also charged with driving without a license and damage to property.

Source: “Man crashes truck into house, charged with DWI,” NBC17.com, May 11. 2008.

On May 5, 2008, a 37-year-old woman from East Flat Rock, North Carolina was driving in Asheville when she drove left of center and got into a car accident. A 70-year-old woman and her daughter were in the other car, and were transported to Pardee Hospital.

The 37-year-old woman was driving while intoxicated (DWI) and was under the influence of narcotics at the time of the car accident. She was listed in critical condition at the hospital from injuries sustained in the car accident.

Source: “Two-car accident closes Berkeley Road,” BlueRidgeNow.com, May 6, 2008.

On April 29, 2008, a 24-year-old man was driving the wrong way on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina when he got into a three-car accident. The man was cited for traveling in the wrong direction, driving without headlights, serious injury by vehicle and driving while intoxicated (DWI).

The man was the only one injured in the DWI car accident.

Source: “Wrong-way driver causes crash in Raleigh,” Wral.com, May 1, 2008.

On April 1, 2008, a 41-year-old OP Nurse Tech at Rex Hospital was driving drunk when she crossed the center lined and got into a car accident with another car, killing a 34-year-old man and his 10-year-old son. The car accident also seriously injured another adult and child.

The woman has been charged with driving while impaired (DWI), and will face more charges. But she also had a prior DWI charge stemming from an arrest on November 30, 2007, and a simple assault charge from an incident that happened on March 26, 2008.

The woman is at WakeMed with unknown injuries resulting from the fatal car accident.

Nearly 40 percent of car accidents each year are caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Report, 2003). If your car accident was caused by someone who was charged with DWI in North Carolina, protect your rights by contacting an experienced DWI accident law firm right away by clicking here to fill out our online form.

Sources: “Police: Woman responsible for deadly wreck had prior DWI,” NBC17.com, April 3, 3008; “Driver in fatal wreck faces DWI charge,” News 14, April 3, 2008.

On April 1, 2008, a 17-year-old Lexington, North Carolina teenager was killed in a single-car accident on N.C. Highway 109, just north of Troy, and the driver of the car now faces charges of driving while impaired (DWI).

The driver of the car, a 26-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer at about 55 miles-per-hour under rainy conditions when he lost control of the car, striking two trees before coming to rest in a yard off the roadway.

The car was carrying three passengers in addition to the driver. A 20-year-old in the front seat was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, as was the driver. Both were wearing seatbelts at the time of the car accident.

The two passengers in the back of the car, who were not wearing seatbelts, were ejected from the car at the time of the car accident. The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene of the car accident. The other passenger, a 19-year-old, was transported to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he was in critical condition.

In addition to DWI charges, the driver of the car faces an alcohol restriction violation, and more charges are possible as the investigation of the car accident continues.

Source: Glen Baity, “Driver facing charges in Lexington teen’s death,” The Dispatch Online, April 3, 2008.

On March 29, 2008, a 2000 Dodge pickup was traveling along N.C. Highway 87, about two miles south of Sanford, North Carolina at about 8 p.m. The Dodge crossed the center line, getting into a car accident with a 2000 Isuzu and killing a 38-year-old passenger.

The driver of the Isuzu received minor injuries. The driver of the Dodge pickup was airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where he was listed in fair condition two days after the fatal car accident.

The driver of the pickup was also charged with driving while impaired (DWI), driving with a revoked license and second-degree murder.

Source: “Man charged in fatal Lee County crash,” Wral.com, March 31, 2008 (http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/2658768/).

On March 29, 2008, a 2000 Dodge pickup was traveling along N.C. Highway 87, about two miles south of Sanford, North Carolina at about 8 p.m. The Dodge crossed the center line, getting into a car accident with a 2000 Isuzu and killing a 38-year-old passenger.

The driver of the Isuzu received minor injuries. The driver of the Dodge pickup was airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where he was listed in fair condition two days later the fatal car accident.

The driver of the pickup was charged with driving while impaired (DWI), driving with a revoked license and second-degree murder.

Source: “Man charged in fatal Lee County crash,” Wral.com, March 31, 2008.

On March 29, 2008, a 2000 Dodge pickup was traveling along N.C. Highway 87, about two miles south of Sanford, North Carolina at about 8 p.m. The Dodge crossed the center line, getting into a car accident with a 2000 Isuzu and killing a 38-year-old passenger.

The driver of the Isuzu received minor injuries. The driver of the Dodge pickup was airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where he was listed in fair condition two days after the fatal car accident.

The driver of the pickup was charged with driving while impaired (DWI), driving with a revoked license and second-degree murder.

Source: “Man charged in fatal Lee County crash,” Wral.com, March 31, 2008.

On March 29, 2008, a 2000 Dodge pickup was traveling along N.C. Highway 87, about two miles south of Sanford, North Carolina at about 8 p.m. The Dodge crossed the center line, getting into a car accident with a 2000 Isuzu and killing a 38-year-old passenger.

The driver of the Isuzu received minor injuries. The driver of the Dodge pickup was airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where he was listed in fair condition two days later the fatal car accident.

The driver of the pickup was charged with driving while impaired (DWI), driving with a revoked license and second-degree murder.

Source: “Man charged in fatal Lee County crash,” Wral.com, March 31, 2008.

On March 29, 2008, a 2000 Dodge pickup was traveling along N.C. Highway 87, about two miles south of Sanford, North Carolina at about 8 p.m. The Dodge crossed the center line, getting into a car accident with a 2000 Isuzu and killing a 38-year-old passenger.

The driver of the Isuzu received minor injuries. The driver of the Dodge pickup was airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where he was listed in fair condition two days later the fatal car accident.

The driver of the pickup was charged with driving while impaired (DWI), driving with a revoked license and second-degree murder.

Source: “Man charged in fatal Lee County crash,” Wral.com, March 31, 2008.

A 19-year-old teenager faces driving while impaired (DWI) charges after crashing into a utility pole on Six Forks Road. The accident knocked out power in the area for six hours, and part of Six Forks had to be closed for hours.

The driver, who lives on Sandy Forks Road, ran from the scene of the accident, but was found and arrested in a nearby parking lot. He will also be charged with a hit and run and underage consumption of alcohol.

Source: “Man faces DWI, other charges for Six Forks road crash.” Wral.com, (http://www.wral.com/traffic/story/2622669/) March 24, 2008.

On March 14, 2008, a Shelby mother was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) after a car accident that injured her 8-year-old son. The woman crossed the center line and hit another car. She was charged with DWI at the time of the car accident.

Now the Shelby newspaper reported Xanax pills were found in the car. The woman does not have a prescription.

Source: “Mother faces more charges after car accident,” WSOCTV.com, March 19, 2008 (http://www.wsoctv.com/news/15639651/detail.html).

On March 3, 2008, a Raleigh man was charged with second-degree murder after he hit another car while trying to elude a police officer, killing a 21-year-old driver of another car in the car accident.

In addition to second-degree murder charges, the driver also faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, felony hit-and-run, driving while impaired, speeding and eluding arrest.

A police report said the 21-year-old driver was waiting to turn left on Proctor Road in Raleigh, North Carolina at approximately 2 a.m. when the other driver lost control of his car, crashing into the side of his door. The car traveled about 61 feet before stopping near Cross Link Road. The 21-year-old driver died at WakeMed Hospital.

After the car accident, the other driver kept driving on Rock Quarry Road before stopping upside-down. He then tried to run from police, but was caught. He had been pulled over earlier for a headlight violation, and was trying to elude police, though police were not pursuing him at the time of the fatal car accident.

Source: Amanda Lamb and Erin Hartness, “Hit-and-Run Suspect Charged With Second-Degree Murder,” Wral.com, March 3, 2008 (http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2512891/).

On February 23, 2008, a 19-year-old from Newton Grove, North Carolina was driving north on US Highway 701, near Flowers Drive, in Johnston County when he ran off the road and got in a car accident. His 1995 Jeep struck a culvert, and flipped three times before coming to stop upside down.

The teen was taken to WakeMed with non-life-threatening injuries, and was listed in fair condition. He has been charged with driving while impaired (DWI).

Nearly 40% of car accidents each year are caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Report, 2003). If your car accident was caused by someone who was charged with DWI in North Carolina, protect your rights by calling an experienced dwi accident law firm right away. You may be entitled to additional damages. Contact our experienced attorneys at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin at 1-800-220-7321 or fill out our online form.

Source: “Driver charged with DWI after crash,” Wral.com, February 23, 2008 (http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/2477384/).

On February 14, 2008, a 27-year-old male driver was traveling on Highway 117 near Black Creek, North Carolina when he got in a car accident, hitting a ditch and a utility pole. He was ejected from his truck, and was killed. It was later determined that he was driving under the influence (DUI).

Residents in the area lost power for several hours while workers replaced power lines.

Nearly 40% of car accidents each year are caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Report, 2003). If your car accident was caused by someone who was charged with DWI in North Carolina, protect your rights by contacting an experienced DWI accident law firm right away. Call us at 1-866-780-3226 or fill out our online form today.

Source: “Officials: Alcohol played role in fatal crash,” Wral.com, February 14, 2008.

On February 9, 2008, a drunk driver struck and killed a 16 year old boy and his 14 year old brother on Claibornes Road in Mebane, North Carolina.

The 47 year old driver was operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol level twice the legal limit, 0.23. The driver struck the first teenage boy as he was videotaping his younger brother skateboarding.

The driver continue to travel a short distance before calling 911. The driver told the 911 operator that he thought he hit one of the kids skating because he gotten a flat right front tire.

The driver was held on $70,000 bond and has been charged with felony hit and run, driving while impaired, and death by motor vehicle.

Source: Ken Ward, “Alleged drunk driver kills teen, 911 tape released, Abc11.com, February 12, 2008.

24-year-old Emily May was killed in a fatal DWI accident on May 17 in Fayetteville, North Carolina after driver Danielle Polumbo crashed her vehicle into a pole at the intersection of Sycamore Dairy Road and Bragg Boulevard. A red-light camera at the top of a pole fell and crushed the top of the passenger side of the vehicle where May was sitting.

21-year-old Polumbo was charged with a felony of death by vehicle, reckless driving, driving while impaired, and driving after drinking underage. She pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to a prison term of 20 to 24 months with a suspension of 30 days and 3 years of probation. A $1,000 fine and 100 community service hours were also added to the sentence. Polumbo’s driver’s license is suspended.

Source: “Woman Gets 30 Days in Jail for Fatal DWI Wreck,” WRAL.com, January 10, 2008.

On December 17, 2007, a North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper resigned from his position after being charged with driving while impaired (DWI) and resisting arrest. Thirty-eight-year-old Steven Bradley resigned in lieu of dismissal.

Bradley ran a stop sign and drove his car into a pond in West Raleigh with his two children, ages 7 and 18, in the car. When Raleigh police arrived on the scene, Bradley scuffled with them until one officer used a Taser gun to subdue him. His blood alcohol content was found to be 0.14, nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08.

After joining the patrol in August 1991, Bradley was assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He also appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show as a person seeking to work down his debt.

Source: Dan Kane, “Trooper resigns after wreck, DWI arrest,” Raleigh News and Observer, December 19, 2007.

On December 17, 2007, North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Shane Grubbs resigned from his position after being pulled over for drunken driving. Grubbs was pulled over by a Montgomery County deputy on December 14, 2007, shortly after 9 p.m. on US 220 South. A state Transportation Department worker had reported seeing Grubbs in a busy construction zone pushing his patrol car’s gas pedal and brake pedal at the same time.

The deputy smelled alcohol on Grubbs, who was four hours into his shift. Grubbs later admitted he had consumed alcohol earlier in the day. Another officer arrived at the scene, but said Grubbs did not appear drunk.

It is not known if Grubbs underwent a breathalyzer test. Drunken driving suspects are typically taken to Montgomery County Courthouse for a test, but Grubbs’ name did not appear on a log of those given tests.

34-year-old Grubbs, who had been an officer for 12 years, then resigned his position. A state Highway Patrol supervisor decided Grubbs should not be charged with drunken driving.

Source: Dan Kane, “Trooper admits drinking, resigns,” Raleigh News and Observer, December 19, 2007.

On December 10, 2007, 28-year-old Chao Lee was driving his motorcycle on East Fleming Drive in Morganton, North Carolina, at about 6 p.m. when he turned left onto Hogan Street. A Dodge truck, driven by 19-year-old **Joseph Carl Moody, turned right in front of Lee, and Lee’s motorcycle collided with the truck.

Lee was taken to Grace Hospital, where he underwent surgery to put plates in his broken wrists. Moody’s blood alcohol level was .20, and he was charged with driving while intoxicated. The truck accident caused about $12,000 in damages to the vehicles.

Source: “Motorcycle driver injured, truck driver charged with DWI,” Morganton News Herald, December 15, 2007.

On November 22, 2006, Kennie Willoughby Frankle and her mother, Katie Childress Willoughby, were killed in a car accident in Graham, North Carolina. They were crossing the intersection of St. Marks Church Road and South Church Street when a car driven by 43-year-old Amy Bullock Rudder hit the driver’s side of their car.

Rudder had run a red light, and the impact caused Frankle’s car to hit another car and spin around until it stopped in the parking lot of a business. A blood sample taken by police found Rudder’s blood alcohol level to be at least .08.

Frankle and Willoughby were pronounced dead at the scene. Rudder was taken to the hospital with a lacerated liver.

Rudder had been drinking at a bar in Greensboro the night of the fatal car accident, and was so “out of it” at 9 p.m. that patrons had to help her get into her stepfather’s pickup truck. Rudder had a history of mental illnesses, and the combination of her medications and alcohol proved to be fatal.

In court on November 13, 2007, Rudder pled guilty to two counts of felony involuntary manslaughter. She was sentenced to two consecutive terms of 19 to 23 months in prison, and was to undergo an immediate mental health assessment and treatment.

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Source: Keren Rivas, “Women sentenced in fatal crash that killed mother and daughter,” Burlington Times, November 13, 2007.

On September 23, 2007, José de Jesús Elizando Balderas crashed his pickup truck into the median on Interstate 40/85 between Rock Creek and Mount Hope Church roads. The car then struck a car parked near the retaining wall along the westbound lanes, pushing it into another parked car.

Seventeen-year-old Crystal Cargua was the driver of a Dodge Neon who had stopped to help a stranded friend. Both drivers were sitting in the Neon, calling for help, when Balderas slammed into the Neon. The impact pushed the Neon into the other parked car, a Honda Civic, causing an explosion that engulfed all three vehicles.

Both people in the Neon were killed.

Witnesses told investigators that 19-year-old Balderas was speeding and driving erratically. Balderas has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, driving while impaired (DWI), reckless driving, driving without an operator’s license, consuming alcohol under 21, and failure to maintain his lane. His blood alcohol level has not yet been released.

He also has not yet produced a photo ID, and his legal status has not been established.

Balderas’ bond was initially set at $60,000, but was raised to $1 million after it was determined that he was a high flight risk.

Source: Angela Rodriguez, “Illegal alien charged in death of two motorists,” Fox8, September 24, 2007; Keren Rivas, “Bond raised to $1 million for driver in fatal accident,” The Times News, September 25, 2007.

On September 23, 2007, 17-year-old David Sechrest was killed when the car he was driving ran off the left side of the road, collided with a bridge and an embankment, and overturned. A passenger in the car, Jasper Lamar Nicholson, also 17, is in critical condition.

The car accident happened around 1 a.m. on Washburn Road near Madison, North Carolina. Highway Patrol Trooper Mark Rakestraw said the car was traveling about 70 miles-per-hour at impact. The speed limit is 55 miles-per-hour.

Sechrest and Jasper were said to have made an appearance at an outdoor party in western Rockingham County before the accident, causing NC Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) officials to investigate whether underage drinking contributed to the crash.

Alan Fields, district supervisor for the Greensboro ALE office, said he has received information about Sechrest consuming alcohol before he died.

“At this point, nobody’s been charged,” Fields said. “Our focus right now is primarily the supplier, or the source, of the alcoholic beverage.”

This is the second time in a little over one month that ALE has investigated the death of an area teenager. In August 2007, investigators charged Terry Moseley with giving alcohol to an underage person and other offenses after his daughter, 19-year-old Emily Moseley, was killed in a DWI accident.

Source: Jonelle Davis, “Teen killed, second hurt in car wreck,” News and Record, September 25, 2007; Jonelle Davis, “ALE investigates teen’s fatal crash,” News and Record, September 26, 2007.

On September 24, 2007, 25-year-old Kenneth Atlas Talton was driving a 2005 Ford pickup truck on southbound Interstate 95 when he rear-ended a 1991 Honda driven by 19-year-old Mary Katherine Alexander. Alexander’s car then hit the guardrail and came to rest in the median.

Talton was driving an estimated 100 miles-per-hour at the time of the car accident. He also had a blood alcohol content of .22, nearly three times the legal limit of .08.

Alexander had three passengers in her vehicle. Two passengers, one a minor, was treated and released from Wake Medical Center. Alexander remains at Wake Medical Center in the cardiothoracic unit. A second minor in the car was airlifted to the hospital and remains in the surgical intensive care unit.

Talton, who suffered minor injuries, was charged with driving while impaired (DWI) and reckless driving.

Source: Kim Lambert, “Suspected drunk driver going 100 MPH crashes,” The Dunn Daily Record, September 24, 2007.

On August 24, 2007, 28-year-old Jason Daniel Oliver was apparently drinking and driving when he lost control of his car and hit two men standing at a bus stop, killing one and critically injuring another. Oliver has been charged with second-degree murder, felony aggravated assault, driving while impaired (DWI), and driving with a revoked license.

Police said Oliver was consuming alcohol while driving, had an open container of alcohol in the car, and possessed drug paraphernalia and marijuana. He is currently being held in the Wake County, North Carolina jail without bond.

Witness said Oliver was driving recklessly on Buck Jones Road in Raleigh around 5:30 p.m. Friday. He was driving about 65 miles-per-hour when he hit the two men.

Thirty-three-year-old Jesus Gonzales Garcia died at the scene. Walter Rodriguez Garcia, 23, was critically injured.

In October 2002, Oliver was sentenced to 91 days in jail for a previous DWI in Vance County. His license was revoked at the time and he was ordered to pay $300 and sentenced to 18 months probation.

In April 1999, he was cited for driving on a revoked license, and in April 1995 he was cited for operating a motor vehicle without a license.

Court records reveal Oliver has an extensive criminal history dating back to April 1995, including charges for assault, counterfeiting and drug offenses. Authorities also have filed 23 charges against him, mostly in Durham, Vance and Craven counties.

Source: Anne Leake, “Driver charged in fatal bus-stop wreck,” Wral.com, August 27, 2007.

On August 17, 2007, 19-year-old Emily Susan Moseley was killed when she was thrown from a car driven by 18-year-old Richard Farlon Oakley. Now Moseley’s father, 52-year-old Terry Moseley has been charged with three counts of giving alcoholic beverages to an underage person, two counts of aiding and abetting an underage person possessing alcoholic beverages and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Also facing charges are Stephen Dale McBride, 52, his wife, Sandra McBride, 45, and their son, Stephen Lee McBride, 21, of Walnut Cove. Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) charged them with one count each of giving alcoholic beverages to an underage person and one count of aiding and abetting an underage person possessing alcoholic beverages.

“The number of parents involved was extremely unusual,” ALE District Supervisor Alan Fields said. “In 20 years (on the job) I don’t think I have ever seen three parents involved like this.” Emily Moseley was killed when Oakley lost control of his 2004 Chevrolet sedan and overcorrected on Lauren Road in Rockingham County, North Carolina after midnight. The car hit an embankment and flipped several times before stopping in a ditch. Emily Moseley, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown through the rear windshield of the car and killed.

Trooper B.W. Earles, who investigated the wreck, estimated Oakley was traveling 80 miles-per-hour before he lost control. The speed limit on the road is 55 miles-per-hour.

16-year-old Taylor Moseley, Emily’s sister, was injured but was treated and released.

An ALE investigation concluded the three teens drank heavily and took prescription anxiety pill Xanax. The alcohol was provided by the father as well as parents and a young man at a party they attended.

Investigators say Terry Moseley bought the three teens alcohol at a Greensboro ABC store several hours before the car accident. The teens drank the alcohol and took Xanax while driving from the ABC store to a party at the McBride family’s house in Rockingham County. There, Oakley took more pills and continued to drink.

At about 11:30 p.m., the teens left the party. The fatal DWI accident occurred about two hours later.

Oakley has been charged with driving under the influence, a provisional license violation, driving left of center, and careless and reckless driving.

Terry Moseley has a scheduled court date in Greensboro on September 24, 2007. The MrBrides have a court date in Danbury on September 26, 2007. The charges against them are Class 1 misdemeanors, carrying a maximum sentence of two years in prison or a $2,000 fine.

Sources: J. Brian Ewing, “Report: Parents gave teens alcohol,” The Reidsville Review, August 28, 2007; “Father charged with giving daughters alcohol in fatal wreck,” News-Record.com, August 27, 2007.