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Antony Smith, 12, dies after his mother, Laura Lynne Smith, 49, flips their SUV with blood alcohol allegedly 4 times legal limit in Raleigh, North Carolina

Date: 
Monday, October 13, 2014
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Laura Lynne Smith, of Raleigh, was diving 74 in a 45 mph zone south on Creedmoor Road when she lost control of her SUV struck a speed limit sign, rolled over, and hit four trees. Her son, Antony Smith, was pronounced dead at the scene. Smith's blood-alcohol content was allegedly .32, which is four times more than North Carolina's legal limit. 

Pauline Sue Champion, 46, charged with reckless driving, DWI, and death by motor vehicle after wreck that killed Cornell Hester Jr., 18, and left Charles Neale, 15, with traumatic brain injury in Henderson, North Carolina

Date: 
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Pauline Sue Champion, 46, was driving west on Burnside Road in Henderson when she lost control of her vehicle, crossed the center line and hit pedestrians Cornell Hester and Charles Neale. Hester was killed, and Neale sustained a traumatic brain injury. Champion was released on a $75,000 bond.