Updated: 4:57 PM EDT July 10, 2021
KITTY HAWK, N.C. A person died and four others got hurt after being in a serious vehicle crash on the Outer Banks earlier this month. The driver that caused it was arrested.
The Kitty Hawk Police Department said 30-year-old Billy Ray Turner, from Jarvisburg, is facing multiple charges including a Misdemeanor Death by Vehicle, Careless and Reckless Driving, and Running a Red Light.
This comes after a vehicle crash happened on July 1, where authorities responded to the area of U.S. Highway 158 and Kitty Hawk Road.
Police said witnesses saw Turner, who was driving a commercial tanker truck, heading northbound on U.S. 158. They said he drove around multiple cars in the area, ran a red light and hit a vehicle that was coming from the post office area turning left.
Lorenzen Wright s ex-wife wants guilty plea in his killing thrown out
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Sherra Wright wants guilty plea thrown out in Lorenzen Wright case
Sherra Wright filed a petition for relief of conviction or sentence after her surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019.
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Sherra Wright Published: 9:43 AM CDT June 9, 2021 Updated: 9:43 AM CDT June 9, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A judge has reset a hearing to address a request by the ex-wife of slain NBA player Lorenzen Wright to throw out her guilty plea in his 2010 killing in Memphis.
Sherra Wright filed a petition for relief of conviction or sentence after her surprise guilty plea in July 2019. She pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit first degree murder and attempted first attempted first degree murder.
Trial in former NBA player s killing set for January 2022
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1of3FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2018, file photo, defendant Billy Ray Turner, charged with killing NBA basketball star Lorenzen Wright, makes an appearance in Judge Lee V. Coffee s courtroom in Memphis, Tenn. Judge Coffee, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, set a 2022 trial date for Turner, charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal via AP, File)Mark Weber/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2008, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers Lorenzen Wright poses at the team s NBA basketball media day in Independence, Ohio. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, set a 2022 trial date for Billy Ray Turner, charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis.Mark Duncan/A