N.C. woman using cellphone causes car crash that kills dad

A North Carolina driver who was tapping an address into her cellphone caused a bad car wreck that killed her father, police said.

Tequila Cherry, 35, has been arrested on one count of driving with a revoked license, the Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday.



James Cherry, 61, died at the scene, authorities said. Six other people suffered injuries that weren't life threatening on the two-lane country road in Caldwell County.

The daughter was driving to a family friend's house and was putting the address into a map site, said North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper F.J. Beam, the paper reported.

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Tequila Cherry was using her cellphone when she caused a car wreck that killed her father on a two-lane country road, officials said.
"When she looked up, she was over the center line," he said.

Her SUV collided with a pickup truck and a Jeep.

The Caldwell County District Attorney's Office will determine whether to file additional charges against Cherry, Beam said.