Asbestos Mesothelioma-Induced Cancer Amongst Railroad Workers What is the connection between asbestos, a natural mineral and toxin identified as cancer-causing, and railroad workers? Let’s take a deeper look. Asbestos causes mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive cancer that develops on the tissue that surrounds the lungs, chest wall, and diaphragm. A connection has been made between…
One person was life-flighted after a logging truck accident on the morning of Friday, October 27th in Robeson County. The accident took place at about 7:00 a.m. on Highway 74 in Orrum. According to sources, the driver of a tractor-trailer transporting logs with overhang executed a lawful U-turn at an authorized location in order to…
Officers from the Rocky Mount Police Department were called to the scene of a head-on accident on the morning of Thursday, October 26th that left one driver dead and a minor passenger in critical condition. Local sources indicate that the collision took place in the 3000th block of Sunset Avenue at about 7:31 a.m. Is…
Two drivers were killed in a wrong-way car accident in Wake County on Sunday, October 15th. Troopers from the North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to the two-vehicle crash in the area of Barbour Store Road and Old Stage Road. How often do wrong-way accidents take place in North Carolina? According to a local source, Willow…
A teenager was seriously injured and another person was killed when their car was hit by a van in Raleigh on the afternoon of Friday, October 6th. According to a spokesperson for the Raleigh Police Department, the fatal multi-vehicle accident took place at the intersection of Rush Street and Hammond Road at about 12:28 p.m. …