The mother of the Winston-Salem teen who died after being struck by a SUV while standing at a bus stop Wednesday said that she wants to know more about what happened to her son.
"I don't know anything," Sandra Fairfax said Thursday.
Her son, Stefan Jalen Fairfax, 17, was waiting for a city bus shortly after 2:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Cherry Street when an SUV ran off the road and hit him, police said. He was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
The teen, who lived in the 300 block of Village Crossing Lane, had been shopping at the Target store on University Parkway and was waiting for a bus to return home, his mother said.
Omar Joseph Daniel Scott, 27, of the 400 block of Countryside Drive in Winston-Salem, was driving the SUV that hit Fairfax, police said.
Scott spoke with investigators but has not been charged in Fairfax's death.
Neither speed nor alcohol was a factor in the wreck, police Sgt. Keith Redmon said. Investigators will discuss whether charges should be filed with the Forsyth County district attorney's office, he said.
"I realize it was an accident," Sandra Fairfax said, but she said she still believes that Scott should be charged. Scott could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Scott's mother, Helena Thompson of Lexington, said that her son and family wanted to offer their deepest sympathy to the Fairfax family.
"As a mother, I would never want anyone to go through this. Our hearts are just broken, our whole family," Thompson said.
Fairfax said her son was a respectful, friendly boy who wanted to become a music producer.
"He was very respectful, generous and very outgoing," Fairfax said. "He was very excited about the way his life was going."
This month, her son received his GED from Forsyth Technical Community College. He also had attended North Forsyth High School.
He planned to attend Guilford Technical Community College and pursue an audio engineering degree, his mother said.
Stefan Fairfax volunteered at Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and participated in some of its programs, his mother said.
Mike Davis of Winston-Salem and his wife, Tamika, said that Fairfax often spent time with their sons, Travis and Demond. The couple said that the teen was focused on achieving his goals.
"He will be really missed," Tamika Davis said.
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