Crime & Safety

Several charges filed against a driver in a Rocky Mount crash where two people were killed

Photo of Viola Higgins Viola Higgins Send an email August 26, 2022

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – A man is charged with involuntary manslaughter in addition to DWI charges after killing two people in a crash.

Nicholas A. Davis, 31, was arrested and charged with DWI shortly after the crash in July. The additional charges were filed in General District Court for Franklin County.

21-year-old Melissa A. Holland and her 18-year-old passenger, Christian Hernandez, were killed in the three-vehicle crash at the crossroads of Old Franklin Turnpike and Booker T. Washington Highway in Rocky Mount.

No other injuries were reported.

Photo of Viola Higgins Viola Higgins Send an email August 26, 2022
Photo of Viola Higgins

Viola Higgins

I’m a mother of 2 little angels that I continuously try to figure out and spend the other half figuring out how to be a great wife. Writing is my passion and I write regularly for the Virginian Tribune and several other national news outlets.

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