A 19-year-old accused of running over two young girls and their mother’s boyfriend at a Forsyth County bus stop this month told police he took the party drug “Molly” the night before, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Christopher Ray Frachiseur also told investigators he nodded off several times behind the wheel that morning, including just before the wreck.
The students, ages 6 and 9, were waiting at the end of their driveway on Buford Highway just before 7 a.m. Nov. 15 when Frachiseur’s blue Toyota Camry passed the bus on the right and jumped the curb, striking the girls and the man on the sidewalk, authorities said.
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In a police report obtained by Channel 2, Frachiseur told investigators he and his girlfriend had been up watching “Game of Thrones” until about 3 a.m. the night before.
He also admitted that he’d “been dozing off on the way to work,” and that when he opened his eyes, the school bus was in front of him. Unable to stop in time, he swerved to the right to avoid striking the bus, he told police.
A blood test on the 19-year-old revealed the presence of both THC and amphetamines, according to the police report. Franchiseur also admitted taking “Molly” the night before the crash, authorities said.
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Speaking with Channel 2 on Wednesday, Franchiseur’s brother Anthony told the news station his brother made a huge mistake.
“We’re very sorry and we hate that that happened,” Anthony Franchiseur said. “We just want them to know that he had no intentions of doing that. He’s very sorry.”
Christopher Frachiseur was training to become a chef, his brother said. He is also expecting a child, calling this the first time Frachiseur has “actually had to answer for his actions.”
The injured Haw Creek Elementary students were released from the hospital last week, but both remain in casts as their broken bones heal, their mother said.
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Frachiseur remains in the Forsyth County jail on three felony counts of serious injury by vehicle, driving under the influence of drugs, reckless driving, failure to stop for a school bus loading or unloading, driving too fast for conditions and due care while operating a motor vehicle.
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