A Durham assistant police chief faces three charges, including hit-and-run, following a crash Friday on Interstate 540.
Isaiah Deshon Gray was identified as the driver and arrested in Wayne County.
The incident is raising safety concerns about patios so close to passing traffic.
A man in Michigan who got married and then ran over his best friend that same day, killing him, after an alcohol-fueled argument was sentenced Monday to at least 30 years in prison.
The collision sent the pedestrian over a bridge and into the road below, where he was struck by several other cars.
A California mother is facing an additional charge of involuntary manslaughter after the death of an 81-year-old man, who had been hit by an electric motorcycle driven by her teen son.