When a pickup truck struck a moped that was speeding across U.S. 29 in Piedmont, South Carolina (SC), on November 25, 2011, the 13-year-old passenger died almost instantly and the motorbike’s driver suffered severe injuries. State police speaking with the Independent Mail noted that neither of the young people on the moped were wearing helmets….
A man in Tyler, Texas (TX), fell asleep behind the wheel and smashed nto gas pumps at an ETX gas station during the Thanksgiving 2011 weekend. Aaccording to KLTV3, the wreck occurred just before 3 am and damage to the pumps, station building and vehicle was extensive. The gas station clerk escaped serious injuries, the…
An accident in Newport News, Virginia (VA), has left a Hampton resident hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. According to a report in the November 30, 2011, Virginian-Pilot, the man was hit by a car and a minivan at an intersection near Mercury Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. Car hits pedestrian in Newport News WAVY-TV 10 added details…
A majority of Virginians will hit the road at some point during holidays – and so do a large number of Virginia State Police officers. To keep our highways and interstates safe during the busiest travel times of the year, police throughout the state patrol roads and are on the lookout for unsafe driving, speeding,…
A new federal rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation prohibits handheld cell phone use by commercial truck and bus drivers while they are driving. This broadens a September 2010 rule that banned text messaging behind the wheel of a commercial bus or truck. Interestingly, his ban does not apply to school bus drivers, even when they…