Charges have been filed against two people after North Little Rock street racing resulted in a crash and the death of a 12-year-old girl earlier this month, police said.
Michael Scales, 30, of Little Rock and Brandon Rogers, 29, of North Little Rock each face counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, according to a news release from the North Little Rock Police Department.
Police said they arrested Rogers on Tuesday. He remained at the Pulaski County jail as of Wednesday afternoon, and no bail had been set. Scales surrendered to police Wednesday, department spokeswoman Sgt. Amy Cooper said in an email at 6:15 p.m. No bail had been set, jail records show.
Shortly before 12:30 p.m. June 6, officers responded to the area of Riverfront Drive and Olive Street in reference to an accident with injury.
There, police found a Crown Victoria "in two pieces" with its front as well as the engine in westbound lanes of Riverfront. The rest was "wrapped around" a light pole. Scales was the car's driver, authorities previously said.
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Scales, 12-year-old Aniyah Dilworth and an 11-year-old boy were taken to nearby hospitals. Aniyah, a passenger in the Crown Victoria, later died at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
The boy and 34-year-old Sherry Battles of Little Rock were riding in a Ford Mustang driven by Rogers, according to authorities.
Cooper said the crash stemmed from the two drivers street racing in the area.
Witnesses told police that the vehicles were "traveling at extremely high rates of speed at the time." That speed wasn't clear as of Wednesday, Cooper said.
Additional charges are currently “under review” with the Pulaski County prosecuting attorney’s office, the release states.