What happened: This past week, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office held a ceremony for their Celebration of Life Tree. Every year, the department lights a Christmas tree to honor those killed in traffic accidents. The tree is located outside the main office at 400 West Washington Street, in Greensboro. Victims’ family, friends and law enforcements…
What Happened: North Carolina State Troopers say that two vehicles were racing before a wreck that killed a 2-year-old boy over the weekend on I-77. Police have said that the toddler was in a car seat in one of the two vehicles racing down the interstate. The cars were racing shortly before 1 a.m. when…
What happened: A 52 year-old state employee has been charged with second-degree murder, DWI and crossing the center lane after slamming head-on into a mini-van and killing the other driver. The man was driving a state-owned dump truck and was on duty when the crash occurred. Police found a beer can near the truck and…
What happened: A worker was killed in an accident at N.C. State’s Centennial Campus near the intersection of Main Campus and Achievement Drive. Luis Javier Martinez, 39, was part of a work crew from J.F. Wilkerson Contracting in Morrisville that was digging trenches for installation of a 16-inch, 18,000-foot line of pipe. The dirt around…
What happened: North Carolina Troopers are urging drivers to slow down and use caution when approaching school bus stops after two children have been tragically killed already this school year. The first incident took place in August on Highway 43 in Rocky Mount. A 7 year-old girl was running across the road when she was…