North Carolina (NC) has the sixth worse record in the country when it comes to crashes involving tractor-trailers, according to an ABC11 news investigation. “And in 2009, more than 50 percent of the trucks inspected in North Carolina had maintenance or safety violations. Of those, more than 12 percent were in such bad shape that…
Even before Virginia lawmaker enacted a “move over” law to protect emergency responders and motorists, I would instinctively change lanes whenever I approached a disabled vehicle or an emergency vehicle stopped on the side of the road. So why do so many people ignore the requirement to create space or slow down and hit people…
It’s the kind of harrowing tragedy that no parent wants to think about. An accident in which a child died after falling off a fifth-floor balcony at an oceanfront hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) on Friday night, June 17, 2011, has highlighted how dangerous balconies can be for young children. The toddler fell from a…
As summer vacation for Virginia Beach, VA, students officially begins this Friday, June 17, 2011, teens look forward to the freedom from school nights and homework. Unfortunately, underage drinking sometimes accompanies teen social activities. Around 3:45 am on Thursday morning, a teenage girl was seriously injured in an alcohol-related single-car crash that also left…
A 14-year-old girl who lives just outside Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), is recovering from a fractured arm she suffered when she was riding her bicycle and got run into by an unidentified driver on the evening of June 13, 2011. The hit-and-run accident, for which officers from the North Carolina Highway Patrol are seeking…