According to a recent study, published by in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the state of Virginia is ranked as the 24th highest state for binge drinking. Data reveals that binge drinkers in the state engage in drinking excessively approximately 52 times every year. The state of Arkansas ranked at number one, while the…
A stop sign runner caused a serious T-bone crash in Halifax County, Virginia (VA), on the afternoon of March 24, 2018. The collision between a pickup truck and a car happened at the intersection of U.S. Route 58/Philpott Road and VA 119/Calvary Road. Virginia State Police responded to the wreck in the community…
A driver speeding through a parking lot in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (NC), seriously injured five pedestrians just before noon on March 14, 2018. The collision illustrates the risks of what federal traffic safety officials a call “nontraffic” crashes, as well as the problem of unlicensed and uninsured drivers. Local police responded to…
A chain-reaction crash at a car wash in Prince William County, Virginia (VA), left an employee who had been walking across the parking lot fatally injured. A customer also suffered non-life-threatening injuries when she moved to avoid one of the vehicles involved in the pileup. Local police responded to the incident at the…
According to state statistics, there has been almost 250 car crashes on Rockford Street (U.S. 601) in Mount Airy over the past four years. In addition to numerous victims injured, the accidents resulted in three fatalities. The North Carolina Department of Transportation says that the crash rate in this area is almost twice as high…