As the weather breaks in the Carolinas, residents begin to take their boats out on the water. It is important to remember the water can be as dangerous as the roads especially at the beginning of boating season. Two people were killed this weekend in a boating crash on the Chowan River in Gates County,…
The Pamlico Sound in North Carolina (NC) is the largest lagoon along the U.S. East Coast, 80 miles long 15 to 30 miles wide. This body of water is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks and makes it an ideal place for boaters and water sport enthusiasts. In a recent Carteret County…
Two passengers of a car involved in a police chase are dead after the driver smashed the vehicle into a tree. The incident began at the intersection of McKenzie and Graham Road in Pinehurst when a patrol officer observed the car drive through a stop sign, at approximately 9 p.m. Friday night. The officer…
Three people were killed when the BMW they were in slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. The accident happened on I-77, near Clanton Road, in Charlotte, at approximately 2 a.m. Monday morning. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, the BMW was traveling on the interstate at a high rate of speed – at some…
For at least the second time in a week, a rail yard worker lost his life after being struck by rolling stock. The most-recent fatal workplace accident occurred in an industrial yard in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (AR), while the earlier deadly on-the-job injuries were suffered by a man in a CSX facility outside of Richmond,…