Wreck causes extensive damage
Published 1:06 pm Saturday, June 13, 2009
AHOSKIE – A Lewiston man faces two charges, including DWI, after losing control of his car and causing extensive damage to seven new vehicles parked at the Charles J. Jenkins auto dealership.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper J.K. Jones charged 27-year-old Trenton Earl Williams of Indian Woods Road with driving while impaired and careless and reckless driving.
The accident occurred at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, June 7. Williams was reportedly operating a 1992 Toyota passenger car east on NC 42. The accident report revealed that Williams’ car ran off the right side of the road and then entered the Charles H. Jenkins lot. There, a chain reaction scenario unfolded, damaging seven new vehicles.
Billy Little, manager of Charles H. Jenkins, told the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald that damage estimates to the new vehicles is unknown at this time.
Wiggins, who was traveling alone, was not seriously injured.