Authorities arrested Adriean Bynum, 23, and Latoya Walton, 21, both of Fayetteville, in connection with the accident.
Shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday, a Honda Passport was seen leaving a Burger King that had been robbed, police said. Authorities said the two women were inside the vehicle, which was stolen, with three other people when it led Fayetteville police on a chase through town at speeds of 90 mph.
Police said they called off the chase just before the SUV plowed through a telephone pole, slammed into a building and caught on fire. Three people died and Walton was taken to a local hospital for injuries. Bynum, authorities said, ran from the scene.
The two women were taken into custody early Saturday evening.
Bynum is charged with robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy with threat of robbery with deadly weapon, felony/larceny with a motor vehicle. She is in the Cumberland County Detention Center under $80,000 bond.
Walton faces the same charges as Bynum, as well as possession of stolen goods. She is in the Cumberland County Detention Center under $85,000 bond.
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