NC man charged with DUI, meth possession in head-on York County crash that killed woman
A Charlotte man has been charged with DUI resulting in death after a November 2020 head-on crash near Lake Wylie that left a York woman dead, according to police and court records.
Semahj Rittenburg, 29, was arrested Tuesday at the Moss Justice Center in York Count on charges of DUI where death results, and possession of methamphetamine, according to arrest warrants obtained by The Herald.
Rittenburg was driving on S.C. 49 near Scrub Pine Drive around 8 p.m. on Nov. 9 when his van went across the center-line and hit a Volkswagen head-on, S.C. Highway Patrol troopers said in arrest warrants.
The Volkswagen driver died at the scene, troopers said in November.
Two days after the crash, York County Coroner Sabrina Gast in a written release identified the person who died as Ursula Toth, 49, of York.
Rittenburg was injured in the crash and taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, troopers said.
Arrest warrants served Tuesday state Rittenburg had meth in his vehicle at the time of the crash in addition to allegedly driving under the influence. The crash was investigated by the highway patrol, coroner, and the S.C. Department of Public Safety Multi-Jurisdictional Accident Investigation (MAIT) Team, officials said.
A conviction for felony DUI with death carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison, South Carolina law states.
Rittenburg remains jailed pending a first court appearance in front of a York County magistrate judge..
This story was originally published March 30, 2021 at 2:42 PM.
