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Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:19

Speed listed as contributing factor in Hinson St. crash

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Candles and flowers mark the scene of the fatal crash. Candles and flowers mark the scene of the fatal crash. rrspin.com

A preliminary Roanoke Rapids Police Department report lists speed as a contributing factor in a fatal two-car collision on Hinson Street Saturday night.

Chief Chuck Hasty said there is additional work to do on the report, such as finishing calculations of distances taken and other measurements. The state Highway Patrol has assisted in reconstruction of the crash scene. The patrol, however, had no information to report on the wreck this morning.

The report confirms Dontaveis Marquel Ingram, 25, and his daughter, Zanyra Ingram, 6, both of Ironwood Drive, died in the crash.

According to the report written by Master Officer Gerald Morris, the crash occurred just before 9:15 p.m. when Ingram was traveling west on Hinson Street “at a speed greater than the posted speed.”

The report indicates he was driving a 2007 Ford at an estimated speed of 60 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone.

He traveled past a utility pole where the vehicle went into a ditch on the right side of the road and then came back on the roadway. The vehicle then went into oversteer and over correction and began to slide into the eastbound vehicle lane before hitting a 2014 Honda SUV.

Estimated speed of impact was 60 miles per hour. Estimated speed of the SUV was 15 miles per hour.

Ingram’s vehicle came to rest on its passenger side while the Honda was knocked backwards and came to rest against a fence at the city’s public works department.

Both vehicles were undriveable following the crash and estimated damage to the fence was $2,000.

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