CHARLOTTE, NC —Β The driver in a crash that killed a baby and injured five people in north Charlotte is charged with DWI. Β Investigators say Thabiti Pierre-Louis was speeding on Old Statesville Road when he lost control and hit a telephone pole Tuesday afternoon. Β Six people were inside the car. Β CMPD says the four-month-old girl who died wasn’t in a car seat. Β The car rolled on top of her.
“It was real bad; it was devastating,” said witness Priscilla Kelly.Β “The car flipped over and tore the pole up, and they was driving 80 to 100 miles an hour. Β It was devastating.”
Β The five other people in the car have non-life threatening injuries. Β The driver will also be charged with child neglect, felony death by vehicle and overcrowding a vehicle.
