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Driver faces another charge after hitting, killing 8-year-old girl on bicycle

CHARLOTTE — A driver was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle in a crash that killed an eight-year-old girl in north Charlotte, police said.

Nyomi Summers died after being hit on her bicycle on Monmouth Drive last weekend.

Neighbors told Channel 9 the driver revved his engine and sped up before the crash.

Police originally charged Khaliyal Burney with driving with a revoked license and registration violations.

He was in jail on Wednesday afternoon under a $20,000 bond.


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