Head-on crash in Charlotte leaves one person dead and another hospitalized, police say
A driver whom police said they suspect was speeding died in a head-on wreck in Charlotte early Saturday.
Shi-kerra Nicole Michelle Pickett, who turned 33 on Friday, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
The other driver, 58-year-old Etta Gorham Rhem, was hospitalized with serious but non-life threatening injuries, police said.
The drivers collided just before 5 a.m. in the 2700 block of Eastway Drive in east Charlotte, according to CMPD. Police did not say how fast Pickett was driving.
Pickett, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, drove out of her lane on northbound Eastway Drive and into oncoming traffic, hitting Rhem, who did have a seat belt on, police said.
Police urge anyone with information about the wreck to call CMPD at 704-432-2169, extension 2, or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
This story was originally published October 23, 2021 at 4:45 PM.