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Testimony begins in fatal street racing trial

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Family members of those who died in the deadly 2009 street racing accident were the first to take the stand in the Tyler Stasko trial as testimony began in Mecklenburg County court on Tuesday.

Stasko is accused of drag racing with another car down Highway 49 and smashing into another vehicle driven by Winthrop University professor Cynthia Furr.

Furr and her 2-year-old daughter were killed along with a teenager who was riding in Stasko's car.  The accident happened at the intersection where Furr and her family lived.

Her husband, Steve Price, fought to hold back tears as he recounted for the jury how he heard a terrible crash just minutes after his wife and baby daughter left to go to church on April 4th of 2009.

Knowing the crash had to have happened nearby, he went to look, concerned that it might involve his family.  He described seeing their car on its side and then learning that his wife was dead and their baby was dying.

Assistant District Attorney Reed Hunt told the jury, "During this trial you are going to find out that when the defendant slammed into Cynthia Furr's car, he was traveling at least 86 miles an hour."

Stasko's attorney in his opening statement said what happened was a horrible accident.  The defense will try to show the jury that Furr was distracted and pulled right out in front of Stasko, who would have hit her no matter how fast or slow he was going.

"There will be no evidence introduced in this case that Tyler woke up that day with malicious intent or the intent to hurt anybody," said Deke Falls, Stasko's attorney.
 

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