Manslaughter charge in May traffic wreck that caused kids deaths - StarNewsOnline.com

Matthew Deans, 28, will appear in Pender County Superior Court on Wednesday, according to the Pender County District Attorney's Office. On May 23, Deans was driving a commercial box truck on U. S. 17 in Hampstead when he allegedly rear-ended a Kia Soul driven by Gentry Eddings II, 28, that was stopped at the traffic light at the Sloop Point Loop Road. The Soul overturned and the box truck continued and struck a 2012 Kia Sorento carrying Hadley Eddings, 28 – pregnant wife of Gentry Eddings II -- and the Eddingses' son Dobbs, 2. The Sorento then rear-ended a Ford sedan containing Gentry Eddings...

Matthew Deans, 28, will appear in Pender County Superior Court on Wednesday, according to the Pender County District Attorney's Office.

On May 23, Deans was driving a commercial box truck on U. S. 17 in Hampstead when he allegedly rear-ended a Kia Soul driven by Gentry Eddings II, 28, that was stopped at the traffic light at the Sloop Point Loop Road.

The Soul overturned and the box truck continued and struck a 2012 Kia Sorento carrying Hadley Eddings, 28 – pregnant wife of Gentry Eddings II -- and the Eddingses' son Dobbs, 2. The Sorento then rear-ended a Ford sedan. Source: www.starnewsonline.com