The driver of a car that crashed into a utility pole in Winston-Salem, killing a Winston-Salem State University student and injuring another, has been charged with two felony counts.
Vince Sherman Williams, 27, of Winston-Salem, was charged with felony death by motor vehicle and felony serious injury by motor vehicle on Wednesday.
The wreck happened in the early morning hours of March 28 on North Cherry Street.
Winston-Salem police said Williams lost control of a Honda Civic and hit a utility pole just north of the intersection of Reynolds Boulevard.
Passenger Jillian Rose Charlet, a 22-year-old senior accounting major from Indiana, died at the scene. Passenger Chloe Claudette Morse, 21, suffered non life-threatening injuries.
Charlet played on the WSSU women’s basketball team for three years. Charlet and Morse were scheduled to graduate this spring.
Williams, who is not a WSSU student, was held under a $10,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in court June 8.
Police said in its first news release after the crash that speed and alcohol appeared to be factors. Referenced
