A wet road appeared to be the cause of a July 25, 2011, car-pickup truck accident in Shelby, North Carolina (NC), that injured five people. According to WSOCTV.com, the driver of Mitsubishi Eclipse lost control of his car when it hydroplaned on South Dekalb Street and collided head on with a Chevy Trailblazer. Authorities said they…
A North Carolina woman is dead after her family’s vehicle was repeatedly struck on I-95 in Georgia and, ultimately, run off the road. According to jacksonville.com, a white Toyota with New York plates hit the SUV in which the was a passenger before causing it crash. The woman who lost her life was Jean Leonard, 60…
According to WTKR.com, a 25-year-old pedestrian was walking in the middle of the U.S. Highway 17 bypass outside Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), when he was hit and killed by a NC Highway patrol cruiser. The trooper driving the vehicle struck the man and did not suffer any injuries. Authorities are still investigating the incident…
A two-car accident on Highway 70 near Havelock, North Carolina (NC), has killed one person and landed four others in the hospital. North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers determined that on the afternoon of July 16, 2011, a boat being towed by an SUV ran off the side of the road, and hit a post holding…
Two pedestrian fatalities separated by one week and 300 miles should again draw attention to the dangers people face when they cross local streets that are actually rural highways. The first tragedy occurred in Nags Head, North Carolina (NC), when a 37-year-old East Carolina University graduate who had returned to the Greenville school to join…