Roughly 11 people per month have suffered injuries in D.C. Metro escalator accidents this year, according to the Washington Examiner. This is a jump from the roughly 8 injuries per month last year and 10 injuries per month in 2008. A recent escalator accident was especially heart wrenching since it featured a four-year-old girl who fell and…
You’re driving along Hughes Boulevard or Forest Park Road in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC) and suddenly the traffic light ahead starts flashing. What do you do? Many drivers may have trouble answering this question. It’s even more daunting to decide what to do when you’re on the road. This scenario occurred at the Skinner’s…
A North Carolina teen lost her life Sunday when a drunk driver crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with her vehicle on a Dallas highway. WCNC-TV reports that this was not the first driving while impaired offense for Howard Pasour, who struck the teen’s vehicle on Dallas-Cherryville Highway. In fact, Pasour has had “at least three other driving…
A year of investigations has confirmed that the failure of track sensors and automatic braking systems caused the June 2009 DC Metro crash in which nine people lost their lives and more than 70 crew members and passengers suffered serious injuries. In announcing their findings on July 27, 2010, federal investigators noted that the deadly…
Recently, two wrecks happened around the same time (4 p.m.) front of the Walmart in Havelock County, North Carolina. One wreck was in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 70 involving a bus collision and the other wreck was in the westbound lanes. As you could imagine, this created at least a 90 minute traffic delay…