A car running out of control on the interstate north of Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), set the stage for a crash that claimed the life of a tractor-trailer driver. The deadly wreck happened near mile marker 142 on I-40, about a mile east of the exits to Sharon School Road. State troopers received…
Even though texting and driving is against the law in North Carolina, people still engage in the dangerous behavior. According to North Carolina crash data, the number of distracted driving crashes spiked 10 percent in a five year period, with more than 54,000 accidents blamed on distracted driving, killing 177 victims. One North Carolina…
Four people died and a fifth person went to the hospital with severe injuries after their vehicles collided head-on in a rural part of Robeson County, North Carolina (NC), on the night of March 29, 2018. State troopers said operating at an unsafe speed caused one of the drivers to cross the center line of…
A driver speeding through a parking lot in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (NC), seriously injured five pedestrians just before noon on March 14, 2018. The collision illustrates the risks of what federal traffic safety officials a call “nontraffic” crashes, as well as the problem of unlicensed and uninsured drivers. Local police responded to…
According to state statistics, there has been almost 250 car crashes on Rockford Street (U.S. 601) in Mount Airy over the past four years. In addition to numerous victims injured, the accidents resulted in three fatalities. The North Carolina Department of Transportation says that the crash rate in this area is almost twice as high…