CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A jury has found a Charlotte man accused of killing a woman while driving drunk in east Charlotte guilty of second degree murder.
Police say Eric Cox was drunk when he ran a red light and hit a car driven by 26-year-old H’Luon Siu. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Siu’s 4-year-old son was critically injured in the wreck.
The accident happened in 2011 at the intersection of The Plaza and East Sugar Creek Road. Cox was not injured in the crash. Cox was currently on a driving restriction due to a prior driving while impaired conviction.
The jury found Cox guilty of the following charges: 2nd degree murder, driving while impaired, failure to comply with a license restriction and felony serious injury by vehicle. A judge sentenced Cox to at least 17 years in prison.
