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Posted on Tue, Sep. 19, 2006

6:56 pm | Mooresville teen charged in death

KATHRYN THIER

kthier@charlotteobserver.com

A Mooresville teenager who struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this month was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor death by vehicle, said Mooresville Police Chief John Crone.

Lake Norman High School student Kristina Lawson, 17, has told police she didn't see Janet Bush walking in the Morrison Plantation subdivision before she struck her.

Crone said Lawson's vision was obstructed because of tinting on her front and side car windows. Lawson had been previously cited for her window tinting and had it removed before the car was inspected in June, Crone said.

Some time after the inspection and before the Sept. 5 wreck, she put the tinting back on, Crone said.

The tinting and Lawson's failure to yield to the pedestrian's right-of-way in a crosswalk contributed to Bush's death, Crone said.

The impact of the crash hurled Bush, 56, 110 feet down Morrison Plantation Parkway.

If convicted, Lawson could face up to one year in prison, Crone said.

Lawson faces an unrelated charge of underage alcohol possession in Mecklenburg County, records show. A previous charge of reckless driving to endanger had been dismissed in Iredell County.

Morrison Plantation residents have been pushing for a traffic signal at the intersection where Bush died. The intersection links the residential and retail sides of the development, which includes about 500 homes, Lowe's YMCA, a Harris Teeter and other businesses.

But town officials and the developers of Morrison Plantation have disagreed about who's responsible for improvements at the intersection. The parkway is a private road that belongs to the developers, but motorists use it as a cut-through between Brawley School Road and N.C. 150

A memorial service for Bush is planned for Friday at St. Therese Catholic Church, 217 Brawley School Road.

-- WCNC News Reporter Alex Reed contributed.

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the film's not a cop out if it was tinted darker than the legal limit. which obviously it was or she wouldn't have been sited previously.

Too many unknowns. Did this occur during daylight, or after dark? How fast was she going? No traffic Light?And does anyone really believe that the alcohol was not the major contributing factor? The girl had a history of underage drinking and reckless endangerment!!! If it was too dark, it was illegal and therefore not a cop out, but rather a scapegoat. Just how fast do you have to be going to "Hurl" an adult 110 feet ? :evileye

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Lawson faces an unrelated charge of underage alcohol possession in Mecklenburg County, records show. A previous charge of reckless driving to endanger had been dismissed in Iredell County.

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Yup, it's like blaming the gun instead of the criminal, she was driving like an idiot, it's not the tint's fault, it's not the car's fault, it's not the alcohol's fault, it's her fault.

IMHO :?

:evileye

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