RALEIGH -- A North Carolina grand jury has indicted a doctor on multiple charges in connection with a wreck that killed a 20-year-old ballerina.
Raymond Dwight Cook of Raleigh was indicted Monday by a Wake County grand jury on charges of second-degree murder, careless and reckless driving and driving while impaired. Officials say the 42-year-old plastic surgeon was driving 85 mph in a 45 mph zone when he struck the car of Elena Bright Shapiro, a Winston-Salem ballerina, earlier this month. Shapiro died of her injuries.
WRAL-TV reports that a search warrant shows Cook had a blood alcohol content of .19 two hours after the crash. Cook is out of jail on bond.
Soldier hit by lightning ID'd
FAYETTEVILLE -- A North Carolina woman who was holding a child when they were struck by lightning has been identified as an Army soldier.
Officials at Fort Bragg said Monday that Spc. Rosa V. Sanchez is a personnel clerk assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 330th Transportation Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade.
The Fayetteville Fire Department said the 21-year-old Sanchez and the 18-month-old child were hit Friday afternoon after shopping at a store. It is unclear whether the child is related to Sanchez.
Fire officials said Sanchez was carrying the boy and an umbrella when she was struck.
A UNC Hospitals spokeswoman said Sanchez is hospitalized in serious condition.
The child is listed in fair condition.
-- Associated Press
