Published: Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010 / Updated: Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010 11:17 AM
2 plead not guilty in fatal crash that killed three
CHARLOTTE --
Carlene Atkinson and Tyler Stasko pleaded not guilty today to charges in connection with the deaths of three people in a wreck last April.
Police say Atkinson was racing Stasko, at speeds of up to 100 mph on N.C. 49, when Stasko’s Mitsubishi Eclipse collided with a Mercedes that was entering the highway.
Killed in the Mercedes were Winthrop University professor Cynthia Furr, 45, and her 2-year-old daughter, McAllister. A passenger in Stasko’s car, 13-year-old Hunter Holt of Clover also died.
Furr was leaving the RiverPointe subdivision.
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