10-year-old dead, others injured after driver crashes SUV into tree and leaves, NCSHP says
Key Points:
- A 10-year-old boy, Miking Daniel, died and four others, including two children, sustained serious injuries in a crash on NC 96 near Doyle Road in Wake County.
- The driver, 40-year-old Correll Jermaine Deans, ran off the road and hit a tree before fleeing the scene; he was later arrested and taken to WakeMed.
- Five people aged 4 to 35 were in the SUV at the time of the crash, with injured passengers including Fenesia De Andre Daniel (35), Christopher Daniel (7), and Onyx Daniel (4).
- Deans faces multiple charges including three counts of felony hit-and-run involving serious injury, two counts of misdemeanor child abuse, misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, and failure to secure passengers under 16.
- He is held without bond at Wake County Detention Center and also has an outstanding warrant for felony heroin possession and drug paraphernalia; further charges may be forthcoming.