Marion “Hammerhead” Karr completed his journey across North Carolina on skateboard this week – a 500-mile trek that raised money and awareness for traumatic brain injuries. Karr, who himself suffered a brain injury in a bike accident 30 years ago, stopped along the way to educate children about helmet use at local fire stations and…
A North Carolinian died in a car crash recently when his vehicle drifted into the median on Interstate 40 between Gallup and Grants, N.M., before being hit by a semi truck. The New Mexico state police don’t know why the car of 42-year-old Jose Ferraz of Wake Forest, North Carolina drifted into the median. According…
A study conducted at the University of Montreal discovered that the risk of miscarriage nearly doubled when women were taking the antidepressant Effexor, according to salient-news.com. This is a prescription medication aimed to treat major depression and anxiety. Other studies linked Effexor to a heightened risk of birth defects such as congenital heart defects and…
Just recently, a Triton High School student was killed while another student, the driver, was injured as the SUV they were in slammed at full speed into the Dunn, North Carolina Walmart. Although no shoppers were injured, the Triton Junior, would end up dying as a passenger in the vehicle, in a very tragic and senseless…
Federal regulators have given the 10 states with the highest number of crashes between trains and cars, trucks, buses, vans and motorcycles at railroad crossings a year to put together and start implementing plans to improve crossing safety. According to the Federal Railroad Administration, which issued the new safety rule, 1,905 crossing accidents occurred in…