According to statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are approximately 136,000 unintentional injury deaths and another 14,000 in unintentional deaths from falls each year in this country. Many families of victims killed in accidents choose to file wrongful death claims against the party or parties What Is a Wrongful Death Claim?…
Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teenagers in this country. According to national statistics, approximately 2,500 teens between the ages of 16 and 19 are killed in crashes each year, and another 221,000 are injured. For many, the injuries they receive are devastating and debilitating. Evidence shows that one of the leading…
A head-on collision on the interstate south of Greenville, South Carolina (SC), killed a 72-old- passenger in the vehicle of the innocent driver. The deadly wrong-way crash happened near mile marker 24 on I-385 a little after 4 am on September 1, 2017. State Highway Patrol investigators told reporters that a 19-year-old woman…
A 17-year-old who was reportedly walking home from a North Carolina store on the night of August 18, 2017, died after a pickup truck driver ran off the road and struck him. The fatal pedestrian accident happened at around 9 pm on Queens Creek Road in the Onslow County town of Swansboro. Information…
In 2016, 1,419 people were killed in car accidents in the state of North Carolina, a spike of more than 10 percent from just two years prior. According to the National Safety Council, the state placed number five of states with the most fatal crashes last year. Safety experts point to the increase in the…