The South Carolina Highway Patrol has teamed up with agencies in North Charleston, Goose Creek, Mount Pleasant, Charleston, and Charleston County to run a “Buckle Up” initiative through June 1. The various police agencies across the state are participating in TV ads and educational outreach programs to encourage seat belt use. In 2006, 72% of…
An 8 year old boy in Culpeper County was killed by a drunk driver on May 16, 2008. According to Virginia State Police, a 38 year old driver lost control of his 1999 Acura and ran off the left side of the road, bounced over an embankment, and rolled several times before he struck a…
A 26 year old North Carolina man was killed early Sunday morning when his car flipped several times in Virginia Beach. Police believe that the man was travelling at about 85 mph at the time. Police are unsure at what time the accident occurred. The last phone call went out from the man’s cell phone…
A Richmond, Virginia, woman was killed on March 22 in a car crash on I-95 near Chesterfield County, according to Virginia State Police. She was headed north on the interstate when she ran off the right side of the road into a ditch and slammed into a barrier. Police believe that alcohol may have been…
A senior student at the College of Charleston was killed on Tuesday morning in South Carolina when her car was struck by an ambulance that had just left a downtown hospital. The ambulance was just leaving the hospital on it’s way to an emergency call. As the ambulance moved into the oncoming traffic lane to…