Police say Vernon Tobias Wallace, 24, (R) was driving drunk this morning when his SUV struck and killed Paul Raymond McManus Jr., who was trying to cross the Brookshire Freeway, near the Graham street exit ramp. The crash occurred around 1am.Wallace was arrested in February of 2005 while he was driving a school bus full of Phillip O'Berry students to school. Several students on the bus called 911 when they noticed Wallace dozing off at the wheel.
Wallace pled guilty last year to drinking alcohol and then driving a school bus. He lost his job with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. When Wallace appeared in court in September, he received a $100 fine, one year of probation and community service.
Wallace is scheduled to appear in court Monday. He is being held on $10,000 bail.
Sources: News 14 Carolina & WCNC