HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a Charlotte woman killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 85 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Local media outlets report that attorneys for the family of 46-year-old Darlene McGee said Tuesday they want punitive and compensatory damages from 20-year-old Chandler Michael Kania.
The UNC-Chapel Hill student faces multiple charges, including second-degree murder. The N.C. Highway Patrol says Kania was driving north in the southbound lanes near the split of I-85 and Interstate 40 in Orange County on July 19 when his Jeep Wrangler collided with a Suzuki.
Killed were McGee and 49-year-old Felicia Harris, also of Charlotte, and 6-year-old Janiece Smith of New York. A 9-year-old suffered serious injuries. Prosecutors Kania's blood-alcohol content was twice the legal limit and he had marijuana in his system.
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