Teen driver dies in Edgecombe County crash

Pinetops, N.C. — A 17-year-old girl died in a crash early Tuesday after she turned in front of a truck in Edgecombe County, according to troopers.

Camille Snyder, of Greenville, was by herself in an SUV when she turned in front of truck driver Charles Short Jr. of Delaware, who T-boned the girl's vehicle, troopers said.

The crash happened around 1 a.m. on North Fountain Road near Pinetops.

Short was taken to Heritage Hospital in Tarboro, and the extent of his injuries was unknown. He does not face any charges, troopers said.

Snyder was wearing her seat belt, but authorities said they believe alcohol might have been a factor in her crash.

At least five local teens have died in crashes in the past few weeks.

A spokeswoman for Pitt County Schools said Snyder had attended D. H. Conley High School as recently as the 2009-10 school year.

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babedan: if you read what i wrote, i didnt say i lied to my parents, i said i did things im sure they wouldnt approve of. I have always told my the truth and they have never "failed " me. Some people learn from making mistakes, they are called life lessons, if you did every thing your parents told you would not learn those things.. i was always told " i will not get mad at you if you tell me the truth, no matter how bad it is but if you lie to me it will be 10 times worse" So i have Always had that respect for my parents ,thank you. my point from the post before, obviously you missed, was that kids/teens are going to do what they want to one way or the other. its just very unfortunate that sometimes it ends this way.

megankidd
June 14, 2011 5:45 p.m.

THOUGHT: Here's the problem. you are making assumptions based on very little facts available to you. You are assuming she did not have strict guidelines. How do you know this. I know differently. How dare you come to your libelous conclusions. They said the same as me? All I have said here is that you people do not know the facts..none of them.

BABEDAN: You obviously have no kids if you think a child will not lie if they respect the parents. And where did you learn that any lies were told in the first place. Again, ill advised conclusions based on minimal info. I am through communicating with you here. We will deal with your libelous comments in another manner.

sig
June 14, 2011 4:46 p.m.

megan, if you didn't tell your parents the truth, then your parents failed IMO. Sorry, but if you don't have enough respect for your parents to tell them the truth then they failed you somewhere down the line. Yes, I told my parents the truth, the consequences were too much if I didn't. So they knew where I was going and what time I should be home. At least until I was 18. After that my dad said I was old enough to make my own decisions. And yes that was after I graduated from High School.

babedan
June 14, 2011 3:52 p.m.

I truly believe if the drivers education program were revised a bit as to where more time could be spent bebind the wheel and a mandatory program to do a ride along with the local fire and rescue to see first hand just what kind of gruesome scenes they experience it may wake these kids up a bit, To do a ride along only takes a parents permission, it may encourage them to become a part of the fire and rescue team.

njacobs317
June 14, 2011 3:49 p.m.

it is very sad to hear about another young teen dying in a motor vechile accident..and its sad to read some things on here. We all have to realize when we get in our cars and drive around every day we are taking our lifes, and the lifes of others into our hands. I do not have children, but i know how i was a a teenager a few years ago. Teenagers do not always tell their parents the truth about what they are doing. its not the parents fault, i know i did things my parents wouldnt approve of. but my parents had done every thing in their power to teach me right from wrong. but it was up to Me to choose to do the right thing. again its sad to read of another teenager loosing their life in a car accident, but there is always a side to the story that you do not know, and we shouldnt jump to conclusions on that.

megankidd
June 14, 2011 3:39 p.m.