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3 days ago
- Automotive
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1 dead, 3 injured after car drives into previous crash scene, NCSHP said
The North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash involving three vehicles on Saturday night. Troopers responded to the scene on Interstate 77 North around 10:20 p.m. The scene included one crash between a 2023 Hyundai Santa Cruz and a 2015 Dodge Caravan, followed by another crash with a 2003 Toyota Corolla. The driver of the Dodge, 74-year-old Donald Storrer Bethune, and the driver of the Hyundai, 72-year-old Terry Shane Brown, had pulled and stopped in the left lane following their initial collision, reports said. Then the Corolla struck the Dodge, which in turn struck the Hyundai as well as Bethune and Brown, who were both standing next to the cars. Investigators say the driver of the Corolla, 22-year-old Emma Leigh Garwood, failed to reduce speed leading up to the crash. READ: Two arrested for possession of stolen luxury vehicles Garwood, Bethune, and Brown were all transported to the hospital. Garwood and Brown sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Bethune is in critical condition, officials said. Garwood's passenger, 18-year-old Shane Charles McCurdy, was pronounced deceased at the scene, troopers said. Officials closed the roadway for two hours to conduct an investigation. They said they have not determined impairment to be a contributing factor. Garwood has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and failure to reduce speed. WATCH: Two arrested for possession of stolen luxury vehicles
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4 days ago
- General
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1 dead, 1 injured in Iredell County crash, NCSHP says
North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to a fatal one-vehicle crash in Iredell County on Friday night. Officials responded to the scene off Interstate 77 south near mile marker 39 around 8:20 p.m. READ: Homes, cars struck in Iredell County shootout The crash involved a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 travelling south with one driver and one passenger, according to NCSHP. REA Reports said the driver of the S-10 lost control of the vehicle, drove off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. The driver of the car was 39-year-old Floyd Dale Davis II. He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. His passenger, 43-year-old Timmy Hillard Hartsoe, was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Officials said that initial investigations indicate that speed and impairment were contributing factors in the crash. Charges are pending. I-77 south was closed in the area for about two hours while officials conducted an investigation. WATCH: Homes, cars struck in Iredell County shootout
Yahoo
11-03-2025
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I-77 murder case to get second trial in July after jurors could not reach verdict
A new trial date was set on Tuesday for two Akron men accused of ordering and carrying out the deadly Interstate 77 shooting that killed 23-year-old Marquise Banks in 2023. Jury selection for defendants Ahmere Williams, 21, and Sirvonte Suggs, 19, will start July 11. Openings are tentatively expected to be delivered July 14. Following their first trial in early January, a jury found Suggs guilty of having weapons under disability, which means he had a weapon when he was legally prohibited from having one. Jurors could not reach a verdict for any of their other charges. Retrial: Court may have to retry I-77 shooting case after Summit County jury can't reach verdicts Williams still faces aggravated murder, murder, felony murder and felonious assault charges with associated firearm specifications, which can result in additional prison time if found guilty. Suggs faces aggravated murder, murder, felony murder, felonious assault and discharge of a firearm over a public roadway, plus associated firearm and driveby shooting specifications. Attorneys Jeff Laybourne and Noah Munyer represent Williams, who is charged in two other murder cases. Attorney John Greven represents Suggs. A third defendant in the I-77 shooting case, Giovanni Porter, is charged with murder and felonious assault, but he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a firearm specification in exchange for his testimony in the first trial. Attorney Imokhai Okolo was retained to represent Porter, but on Tuesday, Okolo requested he be removed from the case. Porter then requested a court-appointed defense attorney. Presiding over the case is Summit County Court of Common Pleas Court Judge Kelly McLaughlin. Bryce Buyakie covers courts and public safety for the Beacon Journal. He can be reached by email at bbuyakie@ or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @bryce_buyakie. This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Second murder trial of Marquise Banks scheduled for July
