A motorcyclist died August 3 in Raleigh, NC when a car crossed the median into his path on Interstate 540. North Carolina State Police stated that the motorcyclist died at the scene. They noted that a 2003 Honda was driving west in I-540 when it drove into the median, through the guard wire and drove…
On the night of July 21, 2015, the interchange of U.S. 460 and VA Route 723 in Nottoway County, Virginia (VA), became the site of a fatal multivehicle accident. The deadly wreck at the merger of highways known locally as W. Colonial Trail and Lewiston Plank Road began when a car’s driver pulled out in…
A woman from Meadow Bridge, WV was hit with two counts of drunk driving causing death after she allegedly drove over the center line in Fayette County. According to West Virginia State Police, the 21 year-old woman was driving her pickup truck and allegedly smashed into an SUV that killed the driver. The SUV spun…
A crash near the Botetourt County, Virginia (VA), community of Trinity left an older couple dead, their young passenger injured, and three people in another vehicle hospitalized with injuries. The fatal t-bone collision occurred on the night of June 25, 2015, when the elderly driver of a Cadillac tried to turn from U.S. 220/Roanoke Road onto…
The expression “riding shotgun” (sitting in the front seat next to the driver) is derived from the days of stagecoach travel. The passenger in those days was usually armed with a shotgun or rifle and would sit beside the driver to provide an armed response in case of threat to the cargo. After reading this newest study…