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Involuntary Manslaughter Charged for a North Carolina Accident

By Ben Glass

A man from North Carolina was recently indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for a car accident on Interstate 95 in Dale City in which the victim died of the personal injuries he sustained.

A trial date has been set in November for 39-year-old Spring Hope, North Carolina resident Philander Yardley Jordan.

According to a criminal complaint on file at Prince Williams Circuit Court, Jordan was the driver of one of the cars involved in an April 28 two-car accident on I-95. According to the complaint, the two cars collided on the southbound side of the highway shortly before 8:30 p.m.

Virginia State Trooper Aaron Adams wrote in the complaint that Jordan showed signs of being drunk, including "red, glassy eyes," slurred speech, and being unsteady on his feet. The complaint says that his blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08. He was charged with driving under the influence at the time of the crash.

The other vehicle's driver, Silver Spring, Maryland resident Michael Nioungou, received transport to Fairfax Inova Hospital for treatment for the serious personal injuries he sustained, but died there at around 5 a.m. the following morning.

Charges of voluntary manslaughter were then filed against Jordan. He is scheduled to enter a plea to the charge in Prince William Circuit Court on November 13.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Ben Glass

Full post as published by Northern Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer on September 19, 2008 (boomark / email).