Serious questions are being asked about whether the safety devices at a North Carolina railroad crossing were working when a young mother and her 5-year-old son were killed by an Amtrak train just four days before Christmas. The crash – on tracks leased and maintained by Norfolk Southern – remains under investigation, but neighbors said…
Head-on collisions are often one of the most deadly types of road traffic accidents as evident in Fayetteville, North Carolina (N.C.) where three people, including an infant, died following an afternoon head-on collision. As reported by WRAL news, a Ford Mustang, driven by Tristan Hanna, 26, of Webster, N.Y., hit a Ford Explorer driven by…
Stacey Stubbs, the mother of a little girl and stepmother to two boys, was killed after being hit head-on by a 19-year-old who was texting while driving. My deepest sympathies go out to Mrs. Stubbs’ friends and family. This tragic car wreck highlights the need for strong restrictions on texting while driving. So far, 19 states – including…
A 5-year-old boy was killed and a 4-month-old baby was hospitalized in a horrific Amtrak train accident. A car driven by Erin Brett Lindsay-Calkin with the two children as passengers crossed the railroad tracks at Mount Willing Road when the Amtrak train slammed into the vehicle, according to The Herald-Sun. As mentioned earlier, the 5-year-old boy…
According to Pitt County authorities, two pickup trucks slammed into each other sending both drivers to Pitt Memorial Hospital for their injuries. Police indicated that the head-on collision happened on Hanrahan Road near White Line Road close to the town of Ayden, North Carolina (N.C.). Upon arriving at the crash, first responder crews described the…