Witnesses Report Erratic Driving Before Violent US 70 Crash
WILSON’S MILLS, N.C. — A Smithfield man is accused of driving while impaired when his white SUV slammed into a blue Volkswagen on U.S. 70 Friday evening, sending the car airborne, injuring four people, and leaving him facing multiple charges.
Wilson’s Mills Police Chief A.Z. Williams said the collision occurred around 7:58 p.m. on July 10 on U.S. 70 East near Wilson’s Mills Road.
According to the investigation, Oscar Perez-Cordova, 27, of Buffalo Road, Smithfield, was driving a white SUV eastbound on U.S. 70 when witnesses observed him traveling at a high rate of speed, driving erratically, and failing to maintain his lane.
At the same time, a blue Volkswagen passenger car carrying one adult and two juvenile passengers had entered U.S. 70 from Wilson’s Mills Road and merged into the outside eastbound lane.
Witnesses told police the white SUV was traveling in the inside lane before abruptly moving into the outside lane between the Volkswagen and another vehicle.
Police said the white SUV struck the left rear of the Volkswagen, forcing it off the roadway.
The impact sent the Volkswagen through a roadside ditch and a NCDOT fence before it became airborne. The vehicle eventually came to rest in a ditch across a service road, approximately 410 feet from the point of impact, according to Chief Williams.
The white SUV continued out of control, crossed left of center, struck the median concrete barrier, and came to rest approximately 610 feet from where the crash began.
The driver of the Volkswagen and the two juvenile passengers were transported to UNC Health Johnston in Smithfield with minor injuries. Perez-Cordova was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
After being released from medical treatment, Perez-Cordova was arrested and charged with driving while impaired, reckless driving, displaying fictitious registration, and operating a motor vehicle without a driver’s license. According to court records, he refused to submit to a breath test.
Perez-Cordova was placed in the Johnston County Detention Center under a $2,500 secured bond.
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What’s this? The magistrate must be his buddy. Only $375.00 to get out with fictitious Registration and no license, plus DWI. This is what’s wrong with the justice system.