GREENE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – A man is being charged with a DWI after a Greene County crash that left one person in critical condition.
The crash happened Friday around 11:30 a.m. at Oakdale and Davis roads, west of Snow Hill.
According to Highway Patrol Trooper Munoz, 36-year-old Juan Jimenez-Flores was driving a brown GMC truck when he went through a stop sign. 61-year-old David Rouse was coming from the other direction in a white Ford truck and hit the right side of Jimenez-Flores’ truck, causing him to spin around.
38-year-old Tammy Howell was driving a black Lexus and was behind Rouse. The initial accident in the roadway resulted in Howell hitting Jiminez-Flores’ truck on the driver’s side, throwing his vehicle into the ditch.
Trooper Munoz says Rouse is now at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville in critical condition. Jimenez-Flores is being charged with failure to stop at a stop sign and driving while impaired.
According to Trooper Monoz, all three drivers were not wearing seatbelts.