NC woman charged with killing grandmother in June crash faces upgraded charge
A Clayton woman now faces an upgraded charge after investigators say she crashed into a grandmother’s car while allegedly on drugs, court records show. Jennifer Cameron, 49, was indicted last week and arrested Friday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the June 24 accident that killed 79-year-old Patricia Ann Malile. State troopers were called to the area of Wellesley Drive and McLemore Road in Johnston County’s Cleveland community about 11:15 a.m., according to court documents. Cameron and Malile were trapped inside their cars after Cameron’s Chevrolet Cruz allegedly veered into the other lane and hit Malile’s Chevrolet Malibu head-on. Malile was pronounced dead at the scene, and Cameron was taken to WakeMed Raleigh for treatment, according to search warrants. She was initially charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle, driving left of center, speeding and felony possession of cocaine, court records indicate. Cameron’s bloodwork later showed cocaine, benzoylecgonine (a metabolite of cocaine) and methamphetamine in her system, a laboratory report states. A firefighter also discovered a clear bag with a white powdery substance in Cameron’s car, a state trooper wrote in court documents. The substance allegedly tested positive for cocaine. Cameron is believed to have been traveling 63 mph in
