One person was killed after an accident involving a moped on Dec. 19 in north Charlotte, and a 46-year-old faces charges for the accident that include driving while impaired and felony death by vehicle. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, the...
Year: 2014
Head-on collision in North Carolina kills 1, injures 2
One woman died and at least two people were injured as a result of a head-on accident in North Carolina that occurred on Dec. 4. The crash happened just before 7 p.m. on U.S. Highway 52 near Deer Haven Road in Stanly County. A 17-year-old Albemarle resident was...
Winston-Salem garbage truck worker dies from his injuries
On Nov. 26, a sanitation worker in Winston-Salem succumbed to injuries he suffered while on the job. According to reports, the 59-year-old man was struck by a SUV on Nov. 19 while he was working. Investigating authorities indicated that the accident occurred when a...
Construction worker killed when pedestrian bridge collapses
A worker in North Carolina was killed in a construction accident that took place on Nov. 13. Four other workers were also injured in the same workplace accident. According to reports, the workers had been involved in the construction of a pedestrian bridge at the...
Motorcyclist dies after North Carolina car accident
A motorcycle accident resulted in the death of one man in Raleigh on Oct. 27. Police arrested the driver of the car involved in the crash and charged her with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. The accident occurred just before 3:40 p.m. at the intersection of Clark...
North Carolina head-on collision kills 2
Two men were killed in a head-on collision on I-26 in Hendersonville on Oct. 13 that caused the closure of the highway for nearly two hours. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. when one of the drivers allegedly entered the highway via an off-ramp and drove the...
Motorcycle crash statistics in North Carolina
According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, there were 4,269 crashes that involved motorcyclists in 2012. Among them, 161 resulted in fatalities and 3,472, in injuries. Compared to 2011 statistics, the mortality rate of motorcycle accidents jumped...
Worker killed in North Carolina highway accident
A North Carolina man was killed in a Sept. 19 accident in Morganton, authorities reported. The man died at the scene of a one-vehicle accident involving a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The event reportedly transpired at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 40, where a...
Human Clinical Trial test for spinal research approved by FDA
Spinal cord injuries affect many people throughout the nation. In fact, according to one statistic, every 48 minutes someone is left paralyzed. These injuries occur in a variety of types of accidents including motor vehicle accidents and sports accidents. Because...
What makes a motorcycles more prone to accidents?
There are risks associated with many activities we engage in each day. The level of risk and potential injuries tied to each activity varies widely. One of the more dangerous as well as commonly undertaken activities is riding a motorcycle. The mode of transportation...