Buses travel cross country, carrying dozens of passengers at a time. When traveling at high speeds and for long hours, these trips can be dangerous, even without considering maintenance issues. Before buying a bus ticket, or letting your college student take a...
Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents
Car accident results in Castle Hayne woman’s death
A 64-year-old Castle Hayne woman was tragically killed in a car accident on the afternoon of March 15 at about 2:30 p.m. The woman was driving a sedan and was turning off of an Interstate 140 ramp onto Castle Hayne Road when she was struck by a pickup, which was said...
Accident claims 3 lives and injures a fourth in Wilmington
Most the time, when people think about a car accident that results in the injury of others, they automatically assume two vehicles were involved. Unfortunately, personal injury and wrongful death can occur in single-vehicle accidents as well. Recently, a...
Brunswick County police officer injured in fatal car accident
It's always jarring to read a story wherein an officer of the law has been involved in an accident. But, given the sheer magnitude of time they spend on the roadways, a car accident seems almost inevitable at some point. However, wrecks often happen because of...
Passenger dies in Brunswick auto accident
A serious car accident caused a man's death when the vehicle in which he was riding was hit by an SUV. The man, a passenger in the car, was killed on Monday, Feb. 6. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the man's wife was driving on U.S. 17 near Supply in...
Car accident kills former southeast North Carolina magistrate
A former Columbus County magistrate lost his life in a car accident that took place recently just outside Whiteville, North Carolina. The accident was caused when the 60-year-old magistrate's vehicle collided with a 16-foot farm disk attached to an oncoming tractor....
Fatal Brunswick County crash caused by driver who ran red light
In today's hustle and bustle world, it seems everyone is distracted and constantly hurried. With phone calls, texts, appointments and multi-tasking a mainstay of modern life, it's not uncommon for people to lose focus of what is right in front of them. Unfortunately,...
Charges pending in fatal Brunswick County car accident
As many people in North Carolina know all too well, car accidents can cause immense tragedy and devastation. Unfortunately, North Carolina was home to yet another fatal car accident recently.A New Brunswick County police trooper said the car accident occurred when a...
Hampstead man charged with manslaughter for deadly accident
After a deadly car accident near New Hanover County, North Carolina, on U.S. Highway 17 in late November, a 29-year-old Hampstead man has been accused of slamming his vehicle into the back of a Nissan Altima while driving drunk. Police say he was driving at between 80...
Beloved elementary school teacher killed in crash
A car accident claimed the life of a popular Wilmington elementary school teacher earlier this month. The 62-year-old third grade teacher was killed in a wreck on North College Road near Northchase Parkway.An oncoming vehicle crossed the center line and struck the...