CMPD charged Jose Salas Tzompaxtle with two counts of felony death by motor vehicle after a Moores Chapel Road crash killed two people.

The two felony counts and the no-license citation are what CMPD, WSOC, and Queen City News reported from Saturday's arrest. The department said he showed signs of impairment. That observation is not a separate charge in those accounts. Queen City News also put the crash at Moores Chapel Road and Sam Wilson Road. CMPD and WSOC put it at a driveway in the 10600 block.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, that officers responded at about 6:34 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, to a crash with injuries in the 10600 block of Moores Chapel Road, in the Freedom Division. The department said the Charlotte Fire Department and MEDIC also responded. It said officers found a Harley Davidson motorcycle off the left side of the road and a Honda Pilot with damage to the front left quarter. It said the Honda's driver, Jose Salas Tzompaxtle, 36, was on scene and reported no injuries. It said the motorcycle's driver, Rodney Ewing Quinn, 66, and passenger, Dana Asbill Osborne, 63, were lying in the roadway unresponsive, and that MEDIC pronounced both dead at the scene. WSOC reported the same block, put the response at around 6:30 p.m., and used the shorter names Rodney Quinn and Dana Osborne, with the same ages. Queen City News reported the 6:34 p.m. call and the full names, and it also described the scene as the intersection of Moores Chapel Road and Sam Wilson Road.

The department said a preliminary investigation found that Tzompaxtle was driving the Honda Pilot and turning left from the driveway at 10600 Moores Chapel Road onto Moores Chapel Road, and that he failed to yield to the Harley Davidson. It said Quinn tried to stop and struck the left front corner of the Honda with the right front side of the motorcycle. It said that as the vehicles came apart, the Harley Davidson went down on its side and Quinn and Osborne were ejected. The department described Osborne as the back seat passenger. WSOC and Queen City News called her the passenger and reported the same left turn from that driveway, the same failure to yield, and the same ejection. All three reported that Quinn and Osborne were wearing Department of Transportation-approved helmets. The department said next of kin for both have been notified.

The department said Tzompaxtle showed signs of impairment and was arrested. It said he was taken to the Mecklenburg County Detention Center and charged with two counts of felony death by motor vehicle, and that he was issued a citation for no operator's license. WSOC and Queen City News reported those same two counts and the same citation. Queen City News reported the West Mecklenburg Fire Department said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives." The department said detectives from the Major Crash Investigation Unit, officers from the DWI Task Force, and Crime Scene Search responded, and that the investigation is active. It named Detective Kupfer as the contact for witnesses. Signs of impairment are what the department said officers observed before the arrest. The two felony counts and the license citation are the charges those outlets reported. They are not a verdict on who caused the crash. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.