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A Raleigh man was arrested Thursday on a felony death by vehicle charge in a Dec. 1 crash.
The News & Observer
A Raleigh man faces multiple charges after he allegedly fatally struck a woman this month while driving impaired.
Michael Kenneth Bielinski, 71, is charged with felony death by motor vehicle, driving while impaired and failure to maintain lane control in the Dec. 1 crash, court records show.
After originally being charged with felony injury by vehicle, Bielinski was rearrested Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a charge of felony death by vehicle.
The State Highway Patrol responded to Countryview Lane near Yates Mill Pond Road in south Raleigh about 4:30 p.m. that day after a Toyota RAV4 struck a pedestrian, according to a search warrant in the case.
Bielinski was driving the RAV4 west on Countryview Lane when it ran off the road to the right, striking 76-year-old Ann Patricia Swenson, the warrant states. Swenson was taken to WakeMed Raleigh with a brain bleed and died Dec. 12.
Troopers investigated Bielinski on the scene after suspecting he was impaired, and he blew a 0.08 — the legal threshold for impairment — on a breath test at the Wake County Detention Center, according to the warrant.
Bielinski previously pleaded guilty in June 2013 to reckless driving with wanton disregard in an April 25, 2013, incident in Cary, court records show. An open container violation against Bielinski was dismissed, and a sentence was not recorded in the case.
Bielinski posted $400,000 secured bond. While he is out on bail, he may not consume any alcohol and will undergo continuous alcohol monitoring, court documents show. He is also not permitted to drive until further notice.
Bielinski’s arraignment, where he’ll enter an initial plea, is set for Jan. 20.
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