Articles Posted in North Carolina Personal Injury

In a terrible wreck on N.C. 24, a Jones County woman, Becky Lavendier, has been charged with DWI after her car slammed head-on into a car driven by a a Warsaw woman. Apparently, the wreck happened when Ms. Lavendier tried to pass another car. Sadly, Ms. Lavendier was found by the investigating officer to exhibit…

In what seems to be a growing problem nationwide despite legislation, a teenage driver in Colombus County has been charged with texting while driving in causing a fatal wreck on Sunday. The teen, Taylor Clark, was driving a car that wrecked and killed passsenger Seth Beaver. Click here for more.

An wreck Tuesday in Pitt County has injured a Bethel, North Carolina man who was riding a moped. The man, William Briley, was riding on Old Creek Road when the wreck occurred at the intersection of U.S. 264. The wreck is still under investigation. Click here for more.

As reported by WRAL TV, a Halifax County woman was hit and killed Saturday by a driver who then fled the scene. The woman, Sheila Brinson, was apparently walking down a rural road when the car crossed over the center line and struck her. Click here for the story.

As reported by WRAL TV, a serious wreck Saturday night on Bunn Elementary School Road in Franklin County has injured seven people. Apparently, the wreck happened when a man drove left of center striking a car containing a woman and her child head-on. The woman’s sister was following her in a separate vehicle and she…

A wreck on Friday at the intersection Glenburnie and Neuse Boulevard in New Bern has sent a motorcyclist to CarolinaEast Medical Center with a chest injury. The wreck apparently happened when an SUV was taking a right turn onto Glenburnie and sideswiped the motorcylist. For more click here.

In a wreck that is still under investigation, Goldsboro motorcyclist Mary Ann O’Neal was killed Wednesday night on U.S. Highway 70 when a tractor trailer apparently tried to pass her. The wreck occurred near Wilson Mills. The driver of the tractor-trailer apparently heard a bump while passing Ms. O’Neal and immediately pulled over. For more…

In a terrible, and avoidable, wreck early Friday morning, Ian Smith of Archdale was fleeing police on the wrong side of the road when he hit a pick-up truck killing two and injuring another. Apparently, the police originally followed Mr. Smith after seeing head the wrong way on West Market Street. After Smith began driving…

A head-on collision Wednesday on Drake Road in Greensboro has injured two people. The wreck was so significant that emergency responders were forced to use the jaws of life to extract to extract the drivers from their cars. The wreck apparently happened when a driver crossed the center line and hit a Jeep Cherokee driven…

Here is an interesting article about some new legislation being considered by North Carolina that would ban talking on a standard cell phone while driving. Click here for the article from the Asheville Citizen Times.