RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina grand jury has indicted a man on charges stemming from a car crash that killed a police officer last month.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman told The News & Observer on Saturday that 40-year-old Dedric Romero Privette will be held on a $2 million secured bond after his indictment.
Officials said Knightdale police Officer Ryan Hayworth died at a Raleigh hospital after Privette slammed his 2011 Mercedes-Benz into two stopped police cars on Interstate 540 on the morning of Oct. 17.
Hayworth, 23, and another officer were investigating a crash when one of the parked vehicles was hit, causing it to hit the other parked police car. All the vehicles then spun into traffic lanes, police said.
Online court records show Privette was indicted on charges including driving while impaired, felony death by vehicle and aggressive driving.