It was a hot summer day, and a tired but happy family was on their way home from a military appreciation day at an amusement park. Joe Weschler, his young son Dalton and his wife Michelle were driving on Interstate 64 in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), when their brand new 2011 Chevy Traverse exploded into flames…
A witness to the wreck that killed an 18-year-old Mooresville, North Carolina (NC) girl who was sitting in the front passenger seat of a Ford pickup said a tractor-trailer appeared to play a role in the crash. The girl’s twin sister who was driving the pickup was also injured in the wreck on Interstate 77…
A 53-year-old man from Newport News, Virginia (VA), pleaded guilty to aggravated involuntary manslaughter on June 22, 2011, after a court heard he was driving under the influence of alcohol. The criminal charge stemmed from an accident that led to the death of a tow-truck driver on the shoulder of Interstate 64 in 2009. View…
A toddler girl who fell from a fifth-floor balcony at Sandcastle Oceanfront Resort Hotel in Virginia Beach, VA, died in June 2011, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The girl, whose family lived in Staunton, Virginia, fell from a balcony when she was playing with an inflatable toy while two adult relatives supervised. The toy became wedged…
Teen accidents are very common today and the rates are rising daily for teenagers and drunk driving. A teenager was recently very injured in a drunken driving accident in which she was a passenger. The driver, Carter Womick, was charged with driving under the influence and illegal possession of alcohol, according to the WVEC article….