An October 31, 2014, decision by the Virginia Supreme Court has the potential to make it nearly impossible for members of the public to hold police officers in the state liable in civil court for injuries or deaths the law enforcement officers inflict while on duty. The 6-1 ruling came in a case titled McBride…
A head-on collision in Pinetops, North Carolina (NC). claimed the lives of two children and two adults. The fatal crash occurred on N.C. Highway 42 between the towns of Rocky Mount and Greenville during the afternoon of November 30, 2014. According to television station WITN, police suspect one or both of the cars…
Another fatal accident caused by a young driver’s speeding has occurred on North Carolina’s roads. Three teenagers were killed, and a fourth injured, when the car they were in crashed on Westridge Rd., in Greensboro. Two of the teens killed, the 15 year-old driver and a 17 year-old backseat passenger, were pronounced dead at the…
Many people think that whiplash is a relatively minor injury that can happen when someone is in a car accident. But a recent incident in India reveals just how dangerous whiplash can be. A government official in India died after the car he was driving was struck by another vehicle, in what has been…
A man crossing Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington, North Carolina (NC), was struck and killed by an unidentified driver on the night of October 11, 2014. The fatal hit-and-run collision occurred near the Harris Teeter grocery store, and news reports indicate the victim had been pushing a shopping cart at the time of the accident….