Woman killed after suspect flees checkpoint, troopers say

Charlotte, NC - CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV/AP) - A woman was killed after the car she was in was struck by a man who was speeding to get away from a state trooper in Charlotte late Saturday night.

According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, 41-year-old Eddie Bernard Ellison of Charlotte was trying to avoid a license-checkpoint on 30th Street around 11 p.m.

The highway patrol said Ellison made a U-turn and started driving in the opposite direction to avoid the checkpoint.

A trooper immediately followed Ellison who took a back road to get to North Davidson Street.

The highway patrol said Ellison was going 90 miles-per-hour in a 35 mph zone.

About a minute after the chase started, Ellison approached the intersection of North Davidson Street and Parkwood Avenue.

Troopers say he ran a red light and struck an Impala killing 25-year-old Latia Antionette Winchester.

Her car hit the side of a house after the crash. Ellison's hit a telephone pole.

Ellison and a passenger in his car were taken to a local hospital with injuries.

Ellison was later booked at the Mecklenburg County Jail. He has been charged with driving while impaired, reckless driving, speeding, flee/elude arrest with motor vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, resisting arrest, assault on a government official, carrying a concealed weapon, hit and run (failure to stop) and failure to heed blue lights/siren.

He is scheduled to appear in Mecklenburg District Court Tuesday afternoon.

Friends and family of Winchester have left flowers by the house where the fatal crash occurred.