CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Charleston county deputy has been charged with three counts of reckless homicide after an accident in Charleston on Mother's Day that killed three.
Lt. Sonny Collins with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said that deputy Emily N. Pelletier was charged with three counts of reckless homicide after she crashed into a car killing everyone in the car.
Collins said the accident, which happened on May 8 around 11 pm occurred on US 17 and New Road.
According to reports deputy Emily Pelletier was responding to a call of a driver who had broken down along Highway 17 and needed assistance.
As deputy Pelletier traveled to assist the driver as 28-year-old Shanice Dantzler-Williams was traveling south on Highway 17 with her mother, 53-year-old Stephania Dantzler, and her 22-year-old sister Miranda Dantzler-Williams.
SCHP said that Pelletier went through a stop sign and collided with a car. All three in the car were killed in the crash.
"The family is heartbroken, we are heartbroken. They are devastated, we are devastated. They are relying heavily on their faith and their love for one another to get them through this.," said Sheriff Graziano spokesperson for Charleston Sheriff Department.
The message the family wanted the sheriff's office to convey was this: "They were three kind, loving, and precious souls.