An 18-year-old girl was a passenger in a 2002 Mercedes that was traveling down N.C. 215 in Bethel, North Carolina (NC). The driver apparently lost control, veered off the road, and struck multiple trees, according to citizen-times.com. Tragically, the girl died at the scene of the car wreck. The at-fault driver was 20 years old and…
A 23-year-old man suffered a severe head injury on Highway 123 in Clemson, South Carolina, after he darted into heavy traffic and was struck by an SUV. Clemson Police and The Greenville News report that the young man may have been mimicking the vintage videogame “Frogger” as he tried to avoid speeding cars on the…
The Washington Examiner reports that a man was killed by a Metro train at the Farragut North Station the morning of Saturday, January 15th, 2011. The victim, who was unable to be indentified at the time, was pronounced dead at the scene by D.C. fire and emergency services. Authorities are presently investigating the accident, according…
A Florida (FL) woman and her family received a bittersweet gift of justice just before Christmas 2010 when a jury awarded them $25 million for lasting brain injuries and mental and physical disabilities following a surgery at the teaching hospital of the University of Florida in 2006. Evidence presented in the civil lawsuit showed that…
According to WBTV, a pedestrian is dead in northeast Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), after being struck by a train. The railroad accident occurred on Friday, January 7th, 2011, at approximately 2:51 p.m. According to Amtrak, the Piedmont train was heading from Raleigh to Charlotte when it hit the pedestrian near the intersection of McLean Road and…