Crime & Safety
Police: Alcohol Involved in Fatal Norcross Accident
Police have arrested a 21-year-old and charged her with vehicular homicide.
A traffic accident early yesterday morning on Jimmy Carter Boulevard resulted in the death of 24-year-old Starkesha Magee. Gwinnett Police have arrested the driver of the car she was in and charged her with DUI, vehicular homicide in the 1st degree and failure to maintain a lane.
Police say that Chanae Woodards, 21, was driving a Honda CRV east on Jimmy Carter Boulevard around 4:30 a.m. on July 21 when she struck a Toyota Camry.
The driver, 20-year-old Frank Twum, was attempting to turn south on Corley Road. Woodards was “negotiating a curved portion of the road, swerved into the center lane and struck (the Camry) head-on,” according to a police statement.
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The accident, which occurred in an unincorporated area of Norcross, resulted in three other injures. Woodards and Twum were treated for minor injuries at North Fulton Medical Hospital and another passenger in the CRV, 23-year-old Courtney Watts, was treated for minor injuries at Gwinnett Medical Center.
Woodards is being held at the Gwinnett Detention Center.
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