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More charges filed in fatal Raleigh wreck

Police filed more charges Thursday in connection with an early Sunday wreck that killed a man in north Raleigh.

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Elizabeth Lorene Stevens
RALEIGH, N.C. — Police filed more charges Thursday in connection with an early Sunday wreck that killed a man in north Raleigh.

Police said that Elizabeth Lorene Stevens, 20, was southbound on Lead Mine Road when her 2004 Jeep collided with a 2008 Hyundai sedan traveling east on Lynn Road.

The driver of the Hyundai, 32-year-old Dewahn Ahmad Tyler, died of his injuries at WakeMed.

Stevens, who was one day short of her 21st birthday, was initially charged with driving while impaired and underage driving while impaired.

Police have added charges of felony death by vehicle, failure to stop for a red light and speeding against her.

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