A car’s passenger died when the vehicle in which she was riding was hit from behind by a speeding driver and pushed into the path of an oncoming SUV in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC). The deadly rear-end collision and chain-reaction crash happened at the intersection of Clanton Road and South Boulevard at 11:50 pm on…
A prominent warning on the Web site for the antidepressant and schizophrenia drug Seroquel XR states “High blood sugar and diabetes have been reported with Seroquel XR.” Reading the medication’s prescribing information reveals that diabetes and blood glucose spikes experienced by Seroquel users have sometimes proved fatal. It seems logical, then, that Seroquel’s maker, AstraZeneca,…
The driver of a pickup truck that hit a school bus, injuring 31 students in Davidson County, North Carolina (NC) has been charged with careless and reckless driving and driving left of center, The-Dispatch.com reported. Thirty-eight students were being driven to Midway Elementary School on Norman Shoaf Road when the collision took place. All children requiring medical attention were treated and released with minor injuries. The incident was…
A collision between a car and a pickup truck near the central Virginia-North Carolina border on the afternoon of December 11, 2017 left both drivers dead and two car passengers with life-threatening injuries. The deadly wreck happened near the intersection of VA Route 47 and Twin Drive in Mecklenburg County. Virginia State Police…
September 2011 is the scheduled debut for new traffic signals above left-turn lanes on Rosemont Road in Virginia Beach, VA. The lights will have only arrows, instead of a mix of ovals and arrows, and include a blinking yellow arrow. The goals of the pilot traffic signal replace program is to reduce the number of…