CHARLOTTE — A 35-year-old woman was charged in a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that happened Monday along Eastway Drive near The Plaza in east Charlotte, police announced Wednesday.
Angelia Figueroa, who was in a 2023 Honda Accord, is accused of driving through a stop sign around 11 a.m. and into the path of a 2009 Suzuki GSX-R.
The motorcyclist, Jorge Jafeth Pena, 23, died at the scene as a result of the crash, police said.
Figueroa was charged with failing to stop at a stop sign and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department stated in a news release.
Police said Pena was going north on Eastway Drive when Figueroa pulled out in front of him.
CMPD said Tuesday that investigators think Pena was speeding.
©2023 Cox Media Group
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/LH3JSJEF3VBLRJLJQESEAG34AM.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/SCYB74MOZJBBFLCY2POK3S3ZZI.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/J6QRATVKUFEUXMGN4BV4OQBUJI.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/RPHWRXOFKJFSHBMKZLWJN7OICQ.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/T3BDO2PFGFBKDGXXBT6GNEQEZI.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/FP4TZFXKUJEOBHIRWW7PKO4LM4.png)