Bus passengers are often lulled into a false since of security because they feel they are safe while riding on a bus since the vehicles are so big. Unfortunately, you are only as safe as the driver of the bus in these situations. This was the case when a bus carrying soccer fans crashed killing…
A Virginia Beach, Virginia resident, age 19, died suddenly following a car accident in Elizabeth City, NC, according to WAVY.com and her obituary. When turning onto Peartree Road from Pitts Chapel Road, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, a pickup truck struck the woman in the driver’s side door. The 19-year-old passed away on May 9,…
A Virginia resident, age 13, died suddenly in a car accident in Chesapeake, VA, according to WVEC.com and her obituary. The girl was crossing at the intersection of Cedar Road and Country Club Boulevard around 4 pm, when a vehicle traveling east struck her. The 13-year-old was taken to Sentara Norfolk General and died several…
Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) and the widows of two former Hendrick Motorsports employees, who died in an October 2004 plane crash, settled claims with the US government in early May 2011, according to SceneDaily.com. Hendrick Motorsports is located in Concord, N.C., about one mile from Charlotte Motor Speedway. The plane crash killed ten people – four…
A North Carolina woman, age 32, fell asleep at the wheel of a van and crashed head-on into a school bus in Suffolk, Virginia (VA), on a Thursday morning in March 2011, according to the Virginian-Pilot. Police charged the van driver from Corapeake, North Carolina (NC), with reckless driving. The car crash occurred near the…