A man crossing Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington, North Carolina (NC), was struck and killed by an unidentified driver on the night of October 11, 2014. The fatal hit-and-run collision occurred near the Harris Teeter grocery store, and news reports indicate the victim had been pushing a shopping cart at the time of the accident….
There have been many studies and reports regarding distracted driving, but another very real danger on the road is drowsy driving. Several months ago, comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured, and another passenger killed, when a tractor-trailer plowed into a limo that Morgan was a passenger in. The driver of the tractor-trailer that caused the…
Every year, there are more than 78,000 car accidents which are caused by flat or blown out tires. More than 400 people are killed and another 10,000 are seriously injured. And although there are occasional announcements of tire recalls, there are no federal regulations for the actual sales of tires. The National Highway Traffic Safety…
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that the leading cause of death for women is heart disease, killing one out of every four women each year. Even more frightening is that 65 percent of women who die from the disease had no prior symptoms prior to their death. Heart disease is recognized as the…
A teenaged driver appears to have been speeding before losing control of his vehicle on a curve and running off the side of Riverbend Road in Catawba County, North Carolina (NC), on the night of October 4, 2014. The car then rolled over, causing two passengers to get ejected and lose their lives. Two other…