Forsyth Co. teen Adam Di Millo facing DUI charge after deadly crash

Excessive speed and alcohol played a part in a crash that killed a teenager in Forsyth County, according to investigators.
 
Louis Castell, 17, was not restrained and died from his injuries after being thrown from a truck, Forsyth County deputies say.
 
Castell was a student at North Forsyth High School. Friends say he was a lacrosse player and an avid outdoorsman.
 
"He was the kind of guy who never stopped giving," said Abby Speer. "He loved everyone and he was friends with so many people." 
 
Castell was killed in what Forsyth County deputies are calling a drunk driving accident on Kelly Mill Road.
 
The driver, 17-year-old Adam Di Millo, was charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, DUI and underage possession/consumption of alcohol. In court on Monday, Di Millo told the judge he understood the charges against him and the judge issued a $19,965 bond with conditions.
 
Brianna Wadsworth says she is close to Di Millo and was with him at a friend's bonfire party just before the accident.
 
"He's a nice guy with a big heart," she said. "(Di Millo) didn't mean for this to happen. It's sad that it did, though."
 
Investigators say Di Millo was unable to handle the curve at Rockingham Run and his truck left the roadway. They say his truck sideways across the sidewalk and into the grass. At that point, the rear passenger door hit a telephone pole causing Castell to be ejected and killed.
 
Friends say Castell lost his mother to cancer just a year ago.
 
"His sister and his dad are the strongest people I've met in my lifetime," said Speer.

Paul Louis Castell Jr.
 
Friends say they are taking a lesson from this tragedy.
 
"Not to drive drunk and not to get in the car with anyone who's been drinking," said Ben Fisher.
 
"It's not worth it," said Wadsworth. "Now, Adam has to face this and Louis' family and all of his close friends have to face this." 
 
Investigators say there were three other passengers in the truck including rear seat passenger Delton Cook, 18, of Cumming. There was another rear seat passenger, a 15-year-old boy, and a 17-year-old boy in the front seat.
 
All of them were taken to North Fulton Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
 
Deputies say the cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office Crash Investigations Unit and further charges are pending.