Teen driver faces manslaughter charge

02:51 PM CDT on Thursday, October 6, 2005

By CYNTHIA VEGA / WFAA-TV

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PLANO — Police Thursday said they will charge a 16-year-old Plano East Senior High School student with manslaughter in connection with a fatal accident one day earlier.

Investigators said the student apparently lost control of his car Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a wreck that killed his passenger, 16-year-old Evan Michael Walker.

According to a witness, the teenage motorist was speeding down Chase Oaks Boulevard near Spring Creek Parkway about 4 p.m. when the car hit the curb and crashed into a tree.

Evan died as a result of injuries suffered in the wreck. The driver, whose name is being withheld by News 8 because he is a juvenile, was taken to Medical Center of Plano with life-threatening injuries.

Both boys were students at Plano East Senior High School.

Police were also seeking the driver of a light blue vehicle, who, witnesses say, was also was speeding just before the crash.

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