An NC Central University student was killed March 31 after being involved in a car crash with a 19-year-old fellow student. Tariq Jacobs, the student responsible for the crash, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle, police announced Wednesday. Jacobs, a sophomore hospitality and tourism major and member of the NCCU football team, crashed into a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt after he crossed the center line in his 2000 Honda Accord on N.C. 55 near Crete Street. The Cobalt slammed into the passenger side of the Accord. Jacobs’ passenger, Chekeria Renae Reid, 22, a senior who was a team manager on the football and women’s basketball teams, died at the scene.

SOURCE: The News & Observer