Edward Hedrick III was killed when he was struck in a hit-and-run crash after he had fallen from his bicycle on Sunday, May 1, 2011. The wreck took place around 6 a.m. on Poindexter Drive near Lawndale Road in south Charlotte, North Carolina. The driver who hit him...
Car Accidents
UPDATE: Drunk Driver Faces Charges After Wreck Injures Velasquez, Kids in High Point, NC
Driver Ryan Boyd faces additional charges following an investigation into a wreck he allegedly caused while driving drunk on Johnson Street and Skeet Club Road in High Point, NC. Initially, police charged Boyd with DWI-driving while intoxicated-and reckless driving....
Motorcycle Awareness Month, Charles Clemmons, Frederick Wallace Injured
Several people are in the hospital with serious injuries following two separate collisions between recreational vehicles this weekend in North Carolina. On Friday, April 29, 2011 two children were riding dirt bikes in Mountain Park, N.C. when they crashed into each...
Chestnut Grove Junior High Student Hit by Car at School Bus Stop
An eleven-year-old student at Chestnut Grove Junior High School in King, NC went to the hospital instead of school on the morning of April 29, 2011. Luckily, the sixth grader did not sustain life-threatening injuries. Truly a miracle-the driver who hit her was...
Drunk Driver Sends Maria Velasquez, Seven More to Hospital in NC
Eight people went to local hospitals following an automobile accident on Saturday, April 23, 2011 in High Point, NC. A drunk driver, Ryan Boyd, 26, ran a red light at the intersection of Johnson Street and Skeet Club Road. His vehicle struck a minivan carrying a...
Five Die in Croatan National Forest Crash
An SUV overturned on a national forest road in eastern North Carolina on April 17, 2011 and killed five people. Two infants died, along with an adolescent boy, a man and a woman. None of the victims have yet been identified. Officials estimate that the accident...
No Need 2 Speed Campaign Totals
The North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program often runs campaigns to combat dangerous driving habits, especially drunk driving. Recently, state and local law enforcement offices issued 12,476 speeding tickets to motorists across the state. The "No Need 2...
Teenage Passenger Dies in Burlington Car Crash
Shanqula Octavia Blackman of Burlington died on April 7, 2011 when the car she was riding in drove off the road and hit a pole. Shanqula was only 19-years-old at the time of her death. Ashante Shaniece Leath, 21, also of Burlington, was driving the vehicle at the...
UPDATE: Ian Michael Smith Faces Felonies in Fatal Collision
Ian Michael Smith, a 20-year-old man from Archdale, NC, was originally charged with driving while impaired (DWI) and driving after consuming alcohol while under the age of 21 after a fatal collision. Allegedly, Smith was drinking in downtown Greensboro during the...
Double Fatality on Hwy 65 at Hwy 220 in Rockingham County, NC
Two people are dead after a car crash at the intersection of Highway 220 and Highway 65 in southern Rockingham County, North Carolina. The victims' names have not yet been released. A Geo Metro travelling on Highway 65 around noon on Friday, April 1, 2011 failed to...