HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. -- Investigators filed more charges against the UNC Chapel Hill student involved in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 85 that killed 3 people in July.
WRAL reported Chandler Michael Kania, 20, of Asheboro, was charged with two counts of obtaining alcohol with false driver's license.
State Highway Patrol troopers said the rising UNC-Chapel Hill junior was driving north in the southbound lanes near the split of I-85 and Interstate 40 in Orange County on July 19 when his Jeep Wrangler collided with a Suzuki. driven by Felecia Harris.
Felicha Harris, who was 49 was driving that car. Her friend Darlene McGee, 46, of Charlotte, and Harris' granddaughter Jahnice Baird, 6, of Brooklyn, N.Y., were killed in the fiery wreck. Harris' daughter, Jahnia King, 9, was seriously injured but has since been released from UNC Hospitals.
Authorities said Kanie used a fake ID to get drinks at two Chapel Hill Bars the night before the crash.
Tests showed he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.17. That is more than twice the level at which a driver is considered impaired under North Carolina law, However, any alcohol in his system would have been illegal because he's underage. Another test showed he had marijuana in his system when he crashed.
He's also charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of felony death by motor vehicle, one count of felony serious injury by motor vehicle, driving while impaired, driving the wrong way on an interstate, careless and reckless driving, driving after consuming alcohol as a minor, possession of alcohol by a minor and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.
He is under house arrest awaiting trial.
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