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17 year old, Travis Cannon, from Denver, NC was charged last week with misdemeanor death by vehicle in an accident which killed classmate, Haley Campbell.

It has been reported by WCNC that a vehicle ahead of Cannon's had stopped abruptly to make a turn, causing a SUV to follow the same movements. Unfortunately, Cannon was forced with the split second decision of running into the SUV which was ahead of him, swerving right into a car lot or swerving left into oncoming traffic. His turn left into oncoming traffic caused a collision with a truck, killing Campbell.

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What started out as an early morning exercise with a few friends, ended in tragedy this past weekend. The Charlotte Observer reports that around 6 a.m. Sunday morning, Edward Hedrick III was riding his bicycle with a few friends along Poindexter Drive in south Charlotte when he was struck by a late model Toyota sedan.

The friends, who apparently had been ahead of Hedrick, had noticed that he had been struck and was laying on the ground near his bike. The friends turned around to help, and flag down the driver, unfortunately the driver of the vehicle did not stop. CMPD are on looking to the public to help find the individual(s) responsible for questioning in connection to the death.

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Today more details emerge in the Wednesday morning accident which took the lives of two Pedestrians and seriously injured another in South Charlotte. 18 year old, Sharai Marie Bauer, of Charlotte was arrested and charged with two counts of misdemeanor death by vehicle. It has been reported by the Charlotte Observer that the teen was distracted while driving and reached to pick something up from the floorboard when the accident took place.

The man, identified as only a 66 year old male, had been pronounced dead at the scene. A woman, who has been identified as his daughter, a 27 year old female, was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center with life threatening injuries, she died late Wednesday evening. The child, identified as a 1 year old, remained stable at Carolinas Medical Center. The names of the victims have not been released due to the inability to contact their next of kin.

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Snow and ice covered roads are something of rare occurrence here in the Charlotte area, but when they do come, conditions can become treacherous. Unfortunately these road conditions led to the death of a young woman over the Christmas weekend.

Multiple news sources, including The Charlotte Observer report that the victim, 24 year old Winthrop graduate, Hannah Floyd was a passenger in the vehicle which encountered slick road conditions in the early morning hours about 3:30am on Sunday December 26th. It has been reported that the vehicle slid off of the road and struck a utility pole at an estimated 55 mph. The driver of the vehicle, Maegan Dacus, has since been charged with a DWI and last known reports show she was in serious condition at Carolinas Medical Center

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The defendant in a fatal accident which we first wrote about in October had his day in court this week. Kevin O'Hagen, plead gulty to driving under the influence and second degree murder of Daniel Herring in a Union county courtroom on Monday. The Charlotte Observer confirmed that upon his plea, he was sentenced between 17 1/4 and 21 1/2 for this death and DWI.

If you recall, this is the defendant, Kevin O'Hagen's, sixth conviction for DWI in the past twelve years. It seems impossible, but the reality of the situation is that O'Hagen has managed to avoid any jail time in any of his convictions due to suspended sentences, in-patient treatment and probation.

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Early Sunday morning a Gaston county man attempted to cross the normally heavily trafficked Brookshire Blvd in west Charlotte in the early morning hours where very few cars were in sight. Unfortunately this walk was his last as he was struck by a driver who then fled the scene.

The victim, 68 year old, George Lee Calebro was believed to have died at the scene after being struck by a Ford pick up truck. After the body was discovered, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police flooded the media with street camera photos of the truck in hopes of finding someone who had information leading to the truck.

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As police were attempting to conduct a traffic stop early Sunday morning in Monroe, NC, the suspect, Kevin Ohagan, allegedly fled the scene causing a police pursuit. Shortly after the pursuit began the suspect collided head-on with a vehicle, killing Daniel Herring, as he was returning from a church event.

The suspect, Kevin Ohagan, has reportedly been arrested nearly 20 times in the past decade, 6 of which have been DWI charges. Witnesses claim that Mr. Ohagan and a female passenger were unconscious after the collision and there was alcohol present in the vehicle. It is also reported by the Charlotte Observer that when the suspect regained consciousness, he said "I didn't do it, I have to get out of here".

As the number of fatalities continue to rise in automobile collisions involving suspects with multiple DWI convictions, authorities and government officials are being looked upon to impose harsher punishments and create more restrictions to ensure that those convicted previously have difficulty getting back on the road.

Suspect in Fatal Wreck Had 6 DWIs, Charlotte Observer October 25, 2010

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