With growing concern of the alarming increase in driving accidents, the National Highway Safety Administration estimates that drivers using a hand-held device are at 1.3 times greater risk of a crash or near crash, and at three times the risk when dialing, compared with others who are simply driving. These conclusions were based on research…
Rocky Mount police had one of their cruisers damaged as well as a couple officers injured as a drunk driver slammed into them. The driver crashed into the policemen late Wednesday after driving through a red light and crashing into a moving police cruiser. The officers involved were, L. Shane Taylor and Jill Gilbert. They…
Out on Highway 17 in Leland, North Carolina (N.C.) there was a four car accident on that delayed traffic for more than 2 hours Friday morning. Police in Leland said the impact caused one of the four cars involved to burst into flames. After the initial crash a truck slammed into the back of an…
A major collision occurred Saturday evening that has injured six children and two adults were injured in a rear-end collision on N.C. 210. The injuries sustained by all involved are still unknown as of this writing according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The two vehicle car crash happened when an Isuzu Rodeo rear-ended a…
A sport utility vehicle struck a drainage ditch cover in Chesapeake, flipped, and killed the driver, the Virginian-Pilot is reporting. The victim is Chris Marcel Sessoms, who was the brother of Norfolk City Councilwoman Daun S. Hester. My thoughts and prayers go out to Sessoms’ family. The cause of the accident is not known. If…