Driver in fatal Wake Forest crash hadn't been drinking
A toxicology report released Tuesday shows that the driver of a car that crashed a month ago in Wake Forest, killing three teens, didn't have alcohol in his system.
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The state Highway Patrol said Austin Leonard Flowers was driving his Dodge Challenger at more than 120 mph on June 5 when he lost control at the intersection of Old Pearce and Zebulon roads and slammed into a tree.
Flowers, 16, of Wake Forest, Lane Meyer, 16, of Wake Forest, and Matt Speight, 17, of Raleigh, were killed.
A third passenger in the car, Brenden Pearce, 16, of Wake Forest, suffered serious injuries but has been released from WakeMed.
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