A Walnut Cove woman was convicted last week on charges that the car she was driving struck a traffic-control employee, who was thrown more than 100 feet and later died of his injuries at a local hospital.
Paris Anjuli Pinnix, 33, of Summit Street in Walnut Cove, pleaded guilty on May 7 in Forsyth District Court to one count of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and one count of failure to reduce speed.
Judge Gordon Miller of Forsyth District Court gave Pinnix a suspended 75-day jail sentence and placed her on 12 months of supervised probation. During her time on probation, she cannot drive a motor vehicle.
The year 2020 proved to be the deadliest for workplace fatalities in North Carolina in at least 10 years at 91, including 26 related to COVID-19, the state Labor Department