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Man charged in wreck that killed Whitakers woman

Apolonio Lopez-Acevedo, 46, is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and driving without a license.

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Apolonio Lopez-Acevedo
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A man was charged in connection with a car crash that killed a Whitakers woman and injured her two children over the weekend.

Apolonio Lopez-Acevedo, 46, is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and driving without a license.

Investigators said Lopez-Acevedo was turning left onto Thomas A. Betts Parkway when his vehicle collided with one driven by Kimberly Hoyle, 39, on Benvenue Road in Rocky Mount around 6:30 p.m. Saturday. 

Hoyle died from her injuries at Nash Health Care. Her children, Daniel Christopher Hoyle, 19, and Kelly Hoyle, 17, were passengers in the car.

Daniel Hoyle was not seriously injured. Kelly Hoyle was listed in good condition at Wake Medical Center on Monday.

Police have also charged the owner of the vehicle Lopez-Acevedo was driving, Juan Carlos Gomez-Acevedo, 36, with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle.

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