DUI/Traffic — Vanceboro, NC — reported 2026-07-13
SUMMARY
A six-year-old girl was killed in a car wreck allegedly caused by a three-time deported illegal immigrant who ran a stop sign west of Vanceboro.
KEY FACTS
- Incident type: DUI/Traffic
- Location: Vanceboro, NC
- Date reported: 2026-07-13
- Suspect: Hispanic
- Victim(s): 1 (six-year-old girl)
- Status: charged
REPORTED DETAILS
- The crash occurred on Warren Jones Road near US-17, just a mile from the district line.
- Jaime Santiago Corona was deported in 2019, 2023, and 2024 before re-entering illegally for a fourth time.
- Corona has a history of driving while intoxicated and has been charged with multiple DUI offenses.