Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp)
A couple is dead after a woman ran a stop sign at the intersection of Wallace Family Road and Tilghman Mill Road Tuesday night.
According to the Lenoir County Highway Patrol, 42-year-old Kimberly Barrett of Kinston has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign in the death of Antonio Rhem, 37, and Regina Shackleford, 39, of Kinston.
Barrett was traveling west on Tilghman Mill Road in her Chevrolet SUV, while Rhem was traveling south on Wallace Family Road in his Buick passenger car. Barrett failed to stop at the intersection, striking Rhem’s vehicle. Barett’s vehicle came to rest in the roadway, according to highway patrol, and Rhem’s vehicle overturned and rested in a yard. The accident happened shortly after 7 p.m.