What happened: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a list of the worst roads in Henderson County. The DOT estimates there is a wreck once every three hours in the county. In 2011 alone, there were a total of 1962 crashes, with thirteen fatalities. The recording period used to determine which roads…
What Happened A single car accident on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) killed one person and injured a second. The accident occurred on February 14, 2013 near First Landing Park in the 2500 block of Shore Drive. The car was completely destroyed and eye witnesses say they can’t believe anyone survived such a…
What Happened: A car in Greensboro, North Carolina was driving north on Fleming Road, when the driver crossed the center line at Clarkson Road. The car driver, Ashleigh Mellon, 32, slammed into an SUV driving the opposite direction, head on. The massive crash killed the driver of the SUV, Ronald John Beardslee, 29, who died…
What Happened: The sheriff’s office in Culpeper County, Virginia continues to investigate the death of a pedestrian, who was slammed into by a deputy’s patrol car traveling at 70 miles per hour. According to media reports, the deputy was responding to a medical emergency call when his car slammed into the woman on U.S. 29….
Did you know that there were 15,000 truck bridge strikes in the United States 2010, which caused 214 deaths and over 3,000 serious injuries? Not only are trucks striking bridges a serious problem, it is also a problem that could be getting worse because of the growing popularity of GPS navigational devices. Just last week,…