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Charlaine Sybrant (22) was killed in a hit and run after her car broke down and she walked to get gas
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Alcohol-Related Auto-Pedestrian Accident
Published: Nov 02, 2009 @ 4:19 PM
Charlaine Sybrant (22)
Date:
Oct 18, 2009
Cause of Death:
Auto-Pedestrian Accident
Location:
Hickory, NC
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Hickory police arrested a second person in connection with the death of a woman hit by a car early Sunday.
Joey Lee Durham, 20, of Collettsville, was charged Tuesday with one count of felony accessory after the fact and given a $5,000 unsecured bond.
Early Sunday, Charlaine Sybrant and Joshua Gajus were walking on U.S. 321 North in Hickory at about 2 a.m. after their car broke down. While walking, they were hit by a car that fled the scene. Sybrant died at the scene, while Gajus sustained injuries to his leg.
An hour later, a Valdese police officer stopped a 2003 Chevrolet Impala for suspicion of driving while impaired. The car had heavy damage to the front, side and top of the car, as well as to its front windshield.
The driver, Daniel Thomas Whisnant, 18, of Lenoir, was charged with felony death by motor vehicle, felony serious injury by motor vehicle and two counts of felony hit and run by the Hickory Police Department. The Valdese Police Department charged him with driving while impaired and driving while license revoked.
Durham was riding in the front passenger seat of Whisnant's car, according to officials with the Hickory Police Department. He was charged for not calling police about the accident.
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