When the weather is foul and roads are slick, motorists in North Carolina have a heightened duty to drive carefully. A slick surface can easily cause a car to lose control, which appears to be what happened in a six-vehicle accident along Interstate 40 recently. At...
Getting behind the wheel of a car is a huge responsibility. Still, for some reason, driving becomes one of those daily habits that is often taken for granted, and it's very easy to forget how dangerous driving can be. This is especially true when the distractions of...
A senior chemistry major at North Carolina State was critically injured yesterday morning when another student hit his bike while allegedly driving drunk on campus. Authorities say that the impact of the car was violent and that the biking student was thrown onto the...
Parents in North Carolina and elsewhere worry about the safety of their children; it's what they do. And parents worry when they send their children away to college, because they are out of their sight. And while many college students make foolish mistakes, parents...
As local residents know, Wilmington is a great place to be a pedestrian. Our city is chalk full of sidewalks, beaches and pleasant areas for getting around by foot. Unfortunately, some of these spaces can become dangerous if drivers on nearby roads aren't...
In several other posts we have discussed the tragedy and injury that are often the results of a serious car accident. Sometimes, such collisions are in fact accidents, attributed to poor road or weather conditions. Other times, however, accidents can be attributed to...
In a tragic accident earlier this month, a 60-year-old Wilmington, North Carolina, man died in a car accident in the vicinity of Greenfield Lake Park. His 21-year-old female passenger was hospitalized with serious injuries. The accident happened when the man's antique...
Car accidents in Wilmington, North Carolina, and elsewhere are unique in that it is not always possible to know the extent to which someone has been injured simply by looking at the scene of the crash. Sometimes, a head-on collision that leaves two or more cars...
A tragic and fatal car accident involving a bicycle occurred on Oct. 16 in Wilmington. The collision happened around 10 p.m., after the bicyclist reportedly ran a red light. A 19-year-old minivan driver was said to be traveling north on Independence Boulevard when he...
An auto accident involving a pedestrian is frightening because the victim stands little chance of escaping serious injury or death. Often they do not even realize what's happening until it is too late. And yet, like other places in the United States, death comes to...
