Driver charged in wreck that killed 3

The Associated Press
Jun. 1, 2008

KINSTON, N.C. - An Arizona man has been charged with three counts of death by vehicle after a traffic accident in which three people were killed.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that the state Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Frank Hall Jr. of Phoenix was charged after the Ford Aerostar he was driving crashed while heading north on U.S. 258 near Kinston on Saturday.

The van was carrying nine passengers traveling from Greenville to Jacksonville as part of a cleaning supply service. The patrol says only three were wearing seat belts.

Authorities identified the victims as 23-year-old Alvin Walker of Richmond, Va., 19-year-old David Brown of Marietta, Ga., and 31-year-old Shemieka Fisher of Kinston. They were pronounced dead at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville.

One passenger was listed in critical condition and another in stable condition at Pitt Memorial Hospital. Four other passengers were treated and released from Lenoir Memorial Hospital.

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