Woman charged in fatal accident

April 6, 2009 - 10:23 AM
Times-News

A man riding a motorcycle was killed Sunday afternoon in a wreck in downtown Burlington.

The wreck happened at the intersection of South Church Street and Davis streets.

William Bryan Barber, 43, died at the scene of the wreck, police said. An unidentified juvenile passenger riding on the motorcycle was hurt and was taken by helicopter to Duke University Medical Center. The juvenile passenger was reported to be in stable condition.

Police said the accident happened about 3 p.m.

Police accounts say the wreck happened when Lidia Monica Lopez, 41, was traveling east on South Church Street and the 1995 Dodge pickup truck she was driving collided with a 1990 Dodge driven by Pamela Coble and with the motorcycle driven by Barber.

Lopez was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, driving with no operator's license and running a red light. She was released from Alamance Regional Medical Center after being treated there.

Coble, 60, was driven to Alamance Regional Medical Center and treated at the hospital.

Assistant Chief Greg Seel said he had limited information on the wreck. He wasn't sure where Barber lived.

Bond for Lopez was set at $10,000, according to records at the county jail. Jail records also indicate she can't be released if she posts bond because she is in the country illegally.

Anyone who has information about the accident is asked to call Burlington police at 229-3500.




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While listening to a local radio talk show minutes ago (AM 1150 WBAG), further information was brought forward by a caller.

It appears the woman arrested in this incident was:
1) Previously deported and so now subject to a re-entry felony charge.
2) Attempted to leave the scene of the accident and had to be physically restrained until law enforcement arrived.
3)Was reported to have left a rally at the local Catholic Church immediately prior to the accident - purpose of the rally unspecified