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Former North Carolina police officer’s wife killed by drunk driver
Many Charlotte residents are familiar with Brunswick County. The popular vacation destination is about a four-hour drive southeast of us. A former Wilmington police officer was in a horrific four-vehicle drunk driving crash there. Three people died in the wreck, including the former officer’s wife and two others. The suspect was arrested…
North Carolina mom and daughter killed in crash enroute to school
A North Carolina mother and daughter were doing what parents and kids do on weekdays: they were heading to school. The 33-year-old mother and her 13-year-old daughter were on their way to middle school in Pembroke, a small town about a two-and-a-half hour drive southeast of Charlotte. They never made…
Wrong-way crashes rising in Mecklenburg County
According to a Charlotte TV station, North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers say they are trying to prevent more accidents on local interstates and highways like the one that recently took two lives on I-485. Two men were killed in a wrong-way accident near West Boulevard. Troopers say wrong-way crashes…
Charlotte news report: Trucker charged in I-40 crash death
Charlotte media recently reported on a horrific, violent crash on Interstate 40 in which a 43-year-old Conover woman died. According to reports, she was driving her Toyota 4Runner west when a tractor-trailer pulled into her lane and forced her vehicle off the road. As the Toyota went on to the…
Suburban Charlotte crash claims lives of mom, 10-year-old girl
If you drive west on Interstate 85 from Charlotte, in less than an hour you’ll come to the modest suburb of Kings Mountain. The town of 10,000 is today mourning the loss of two of its residents: a 35-year-old mother and her 10-year-old daughter. This past Saturday evening, the two…
NHTSA: Nearly all car crashes are due to human error
As winter weather has pounded North Carolina over the past couple of days, reports of weather-related car crashes have poured in. There is no doubt that some motor vehicle accidents that occur in snowy and icy weather are due to substandard road conditions. But there is also no doubt that…
By the numbers: Drunk driving and New Year’s Eve
The last day of 2017 is almost here. Many people might consider that reason enough to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. Whether the celebration is to mark the end of the old year or the start of a new one, many here in Charlotte enjoy New Year’s Eve with friends,…
Charlotte bicyclist struck, killed by speeding car on Christmas Eve
It was the afternoon of Christmas Eve in south Charlotte. A 57-year-old man was enjoying a bicycle ride until, without warning he was struck by a speeding car at the intersection of Johnston Road and Pineville-Matthews Road. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, the driver was traveling at a high rate of…
By the numbers: Impaired drivers and holiday traffic crashes
The old song insists that this is “the most wonderful time of the year.” When you consider the gatherings of friends and family, the exchanging of gifts, the friendliness and holiday greetings of strangers, it seems that the song might be right. Unfortunately, there is also a dark side to…
Pedestrian accidents plague North Carolina
We have read in recent days about collisions between automobiles and people trying to walk across the streets of Charlotte and other cities and towns across North Carolina. Not all of these pedestrian accidents are the same, of course. In some cases, the driver was distracted or speeding or impaired, and in…
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