Concord teen charged following fatal accident
Published 11:28 am Wednesday, May 24, 2017
CONCORD — A man has been charged in the death of another man in an accident in Concord.
Oskar Axel Prudente-Arellanez, 17, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after an accident last Saturday at the Warren C. Coleman Boulevard and U.S. 601 (Old Charlotte Road).
Concord police officers responded to a crash involving a moped and a vehicle. Prudente-Arellanez of Concord was driving a 2005 Infiniti G35 north on Warren C. Coleman Boulevard.
Theodore Earl Renz, also of Concord, was driving a 2016 Daix-Huzho Dai moped west on Old Charlotte Road. The investigation showed Prudente-Arellanez went through a red light and collided with the moped.
Renz was taken to Carolinas Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. He died May 22.
Prudente-Arellanez was not injured.
He was charged May 23 and was given a $10,000 secured bond.