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North Carolina tragedy highlights dangers of teen drivers
It’s a little more than an hour’s drive northeast of Charlotte to get to the small North Carolina town of Advance. The community is grieving the recent tragic loss of three teenagers killed in a car accident. The 16-year-old boy who was driving tried to pass a pick-up truck on…
Flying high over North Carolina highway crashes
Drones can be used to take spectacular aerial video of your vacation spot, wedding or family reunion. The miniature copters have a wide variety of uses in warfare, as flying “scarecrows” used to chase birds from crops, for surveillance of cheating spouses (and others) and much more. Now North Carolina…
Shifts in teen behavior could reduce drunk driving crashes
Since the dawn of time, older people have bemoaned younger generations. They’re irresponsible and reckless, the older folks will complain, and simply not up to the standards set by their elders. That time-honored tradition might not be passed on if results from a new study are accurate. The research published…
Wife killed, husband badly injured in North Carolina highway crash
It’s about a four-hour drive east of Charlotte to get to Edgecombe County. A sergeant with the county sheriff’s office there was recently involved in a fatal car accident. Edgecombe County Sheriff Cleveland “Clee” Atkinson Jr. called the crash a “tragic accident.” There is no doubt that this was a…
North Carolina is observing Child Passenger Safety Week
Children are the most precious cargo you will ever have in your car, truck or SUV as you drive around Charlotte. Whether they are your kids or your grandchildren or someone else’s kids, they all deserve to handled with care. That is part of the reason North Carolina Governor Roy…
Indifference to highway safety tears North Carolina family apart
He was a hard-working family man. He and his wife loved to hike and camp. A longtime truck driver, the North Carolina man had always insisted that his big rig and trailers were properly maintained and safe. His death was the result of a motor vehicle accident caused by indifference to safety,…
Past and present collide in fatal North Carolina crash
A few hours west of Charlotte, a quaint Labor Day tradition reminds people of America’s rugged past. Each year, hobbyists assemble a wagon train and ride slowly on wooden wheels across the county on the first Monday of September. This year the rhythmic clopping of horse hooves was shattered by…
Drugged driving on the rise
Charlotte’s law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel and hospital staff have all seen the destruction and heartache caused by the opioid epidemic gripping America. While the number of drunk driving accidents are on the decline, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says, motor vehicle accidents caused by drugged drivers are soaring. In…
Impaired wrong-way North Carolina driver causes crashes, injuries
Some of the most violent collisions occur when someone drives the wrong way on a highway and crashes head-on into another vehicle. A North Carolina man recently drove the wrong way on U.S. Highway 70 in Durham, causing a chain reaction of crashes that began with a head-on collision. A…
Drunk driver accused in crash that killed two Charlotte teens
A University of North Carolina student and her boyfriend were on their way to their home in Charlotte after visiting their families in the Wilmington area. The pair of 18-year-olds were going west on U.S. 74 in a Ford Focus on the night of the Super Bowl. At the very…
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