CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man accused of fleeing to Paris, France, after being involved in a crash that killed two adults and a 12-year-old boy is back in the U.S.
According to Cabarrus County jail records, Solomon Sincler Gheorghe, 20, was booked into the detention center on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. He has been charged with three counts of felony death by vehicle and one count of felony serious injury by vehicle.
The deadly multi-vehicle accident happened just before 8:00 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2023, along N.C. 24/27 near Bethel School Road.
Cabarrus County deputies said the accident involved three vehicles, a 2009 Toyota Sienna van, a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado truck, and a 2019 Toyota RAV 4.
Witnesses at the scene told the sheriff’s office that the van was traveling eastbound when the van made an abrupt swerve into the path of the two westbound vehicles.
Three people were pronounced deceased at the scene. They were identified as Nicolae Gheorghe, 49, Adela Gheorghe, 47, and a 12-year-old, Leonidas Gheorghe.
The driver of the van, identified as Solomon Gheorghe, who was a teenager at the time, was impaired during the crash, investigators determined.
Authorities said Gheorghe was related to the three people killed in the crash.
Warrants were obtained for his arrest in 2023. He was located in Paris, France, by the United States Marshal’s Service nearly one month following the deadly accident.
Gheorghe’s bond has been set at $2 million. His next court date is scheduled for March 14, 2025.
