CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two people have been arrested after a hit-and-run crash in northwest Charlotte that killed a teenage girl.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed one person was killed in a Monday morning crash on Old Plank Road, just off of Brookshire Boulevard.
When officers arrived, they found a 2014 Ford F-150 Raptor with front-end damage and a 2002 Honda Accord with damage on the driver's side. Both vehicles had stopped off the roadway on the grass shoulder.
The teen girl driving the Honda was trapped inside and unresponsive.
A witness told authorities that the driver of the Ford had exited the truck and got into the front passenger seat of a black Toyota 4-Runner that had stopped at the scene. The Toyota then fled the scene with the driver of the Ford, police said.
Medic and Charlotte Fire both responded to the scene. The girl driving the Honda was pronounced deceased.
She has been identified as Maniche Nichole Wilson, 17.
Based on the preliminary investigation, officials believe the man in the Ford was traveling north on Old Plank Road and the Honda was stopped at a stop sign on Almora Drive waiting to turn left on Old Plank Road.
Police say the Honda accelerated into the intersection into the path of the Ford. The man driving the Ford was speeding, police said.
The two vehicles then collided. A witness who stopped to help told police they saw the driver of the Ford get into the Toyota and speed away.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police later found the Toyota and the owner nearby. The driver of the Ford, identified as 48-year-old Michael Paul Himes, was also there.
After Himes was interviewed by CMPD detectives, he was arrested and transferred to the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office. He was charged with driving while impaired, felony death by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, felony hit & run, and reckless driving.
The owner of the Toyota, Lauren Elizabeth Kerr, is Himes' girlfriend. Police said she was also arrested for her involvement and charged with aid and abet felony hit and run. She was transferred to the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.