A medical helicopter crashed on Friday night shortly after dropping a patient off in Charleston, SC. Investigators are unsure of what caused the crash, which killed three people aboard, though the helicopter accident may have been weather-related.
With several studies showing the growing danger of mobile technology in cars, the Secretary of Transportation called a two-day summit on distracted driving to explore the problem in-depth.
The police in Cary, North Carolina have reported that an Amtrak passenger train struck and killed a man along its railroad tracks near East Chatham and Trinity Roads early last Saturday morning. Evidently the Wake County man whom Cary police describe as in his late 30’s had died at the scene on the tracks. According…
A Lexington, North Carolina couple was killed last Saturday morning in a traffic accident on N.C. 64 East. The victims of the two vehicle crash include: Grant Fredrick Smith, 66, of 173 John Beck Road, and his wife, Cynthia Hawks Smith, 67, who were killed when Grant Smith turned his Chrysler out into the path…
After a two-day distracted driving summit in which Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood reported that 6,000 people died due to distracted driving in 2008, President Barack Obama handed down a presidential order banning all government employees from texting or emailing while behind the wheel. Federal employees will not be allowed to text or email from government…