Driver pleads guilty to lesser charges in SW Charlotte crash that killed 18-year-old

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man who was accused of killing a man in a 2025 crash pled guilty to lesser charges Tuesday.

According to Mecklenburg County court records Carlos Vasquez pled guilty in the homicide case to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of felony injury by motor vehicle.

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The single-car crash happened at 3:30 a.m. Oct. 12, 2025, on 9900 Nations Ford Road in southwest Charlotte. Vasquez was 18 years old at the time.

Arresting documents indicate the Infiniti left the roadway at high rate of speed, traveled through several front yards, rolled over and struck parked vehicle in driveway…

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