A man was criminally charged Thursday after his box truck cross the median and hit a car head-on in Greenville, North Carolina, according to recent reports. Traveling in the other car were four teenagers, whose names have since been released by the police: Abby Foster, 18; Madison Wilson, 18; her brother, Devin Wilson, 15; and John Winstead, 17. All four teenagers were killed in the accident.
4 Killed in Greenville NC Auto Accident
The crash took place on US Highway 264, south of NC Highway 43, roughly one mile north of the Greenville, NC city limits. According to police officers, the driver of the box truck, Alberto Pedraza, was traveling at an excessive rate of speed when his vehicle ran across the median, colliding with the victims' car.
Pedraza has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and exceeding a safe speed for the condition.
Victims Winstead and the Wilson siblings had been planning to graduate from Southwest Edgecombe High School this weekend.
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