A Lyerly, Georgia man has been charged in connection to a two vehicle accident that killed an elderly Centre, Alabama couple on Friday night on Chestnut Bypass in Centre.
Jerry Cox, Sr., age 82 of Centre, was pronounced dead on scene. Patricia Cox, age 81 of Centre, was taken to an area trauma center where she died as a result of her injuries. Both subjects died from apparent multiple blunt force trauma.
Fifty-eight-year-old Charles Owen Lang of Lyerly was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center on Friday night following the wreck on charges of DUI and Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance. On Sunday, he was additionally charged with two counts of Manslaughter.
Lang remains in the Cherokee County Detention Center without bond.
The Cherokee County Coroner’s Office and the Centre Police Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding the wreck.
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