CAPE CARTERET â€" The N.C. Highway Patrol said Tuesday additional charges may be filed in a fatal two-car crash that occurred at 7:50 p.m. Friday, taking the life of Hannah Faye Smith, 21, of Swansboro.
Joshuah Shawn Dodd, 21, of Jacksonville, is charged with failure to yield and pending an investigation and consultation with District Attorney Scott Thomas, more charges could be filed including death by vehicle.
Highway Patrol Trooper Sgt. H. Wilkerson reported that neither alcohol nor drugs were contributing factors in the wreck.
According to Trooper Wilderson, Mr. Dodd was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi east on White Oak Street (State Road 1641), near Piners trailer park, when he failed to stop for the stop sign and attempted to turn the car left onto Highway 58. He pulled into the path of a 2009 Honda Accord driven by Richard Edward Alder, 61, of Mebane, who was heading north on Highway 58.
The patrol said this exposed Ms. Smith, the passenger in the Mitsubishi, to the impact.
Mr. Alder’s vehicle struck the right passenger door of the Mitsubishi, according to Trooper Wilkerson. It then struck the right shoulder of the highway and overturned.Ms. Smith was transported to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City and later airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville where she died about 10 p.m.
Mr. Dodd was treated and released at Carteret General while Mr. Alder and his wife, Christine Marie Alder, 54, were treated at the scene.
The Mitsubishi, owned by Jeffrey S. Miller of Swansboro, sustained about $10,000 in damages. The Honda, driven by Mr. Alder, sustained about $20,000 in damages, according to authorities.
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