CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — The Catawba County grand jury indicted a teenager this week nearly six months after a crash killed his high school classmates.
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Jacob Turner, 19, faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault.
Turner was speeding when he lost control of the Mercedes Benz he was driving on Riverbend Road in Claremont in October, troopers said.
They said the car hit a ditch, flew through the air and slammed into several trees.
Two sophomores from Bunker Hill High School were killed.
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