There are statutes which regulate what tractor-trailers, 18 wheelers, and other large trucks can do when the weather is treacherous and featuring black ice, snow, etc. Nevertheless, the winter snow storm of 2009 featured many large trucks violating these statutes and causing serious wrecks in Virginia (VA).
Highway construction projects are necessary to revamp and expand our nation’s road system, but they also present a major risk for accidents and serious injuries.
Recently a car accident on Two Notch Road in Columbia, South Carolina, (SC) killed one man, and left others seriously injured. The car accident occurred when the driver of a Pontiac, Darren T. Harrell, lost control of his vehicle on Two Notch Road. He crossed over the median, and struck a Nissan SUV. A third…
Recently, my colleague, Jim Lewis, wrote an article about a fatal train accident that occurred in Efland, North Carolina (NC). A young woman and her 4-year old son were killed in that accident, and the woman’s infant daughter was seriously injured. The Efland Police Department has been looking in to what led up to the…
When there’s a winter storm in the Carolinas, there appears to be an invariable spike in automobile accidents. During our recent blizzard in the Carolina region, 400 auto wrecks occurred in the Charlotte, NC metro area,according to the Charlotte Observer. Snow walloped roads in portions of the Greensboro and Winston-Salem areas along with Durham, North Carolina…