What happened: One person was killed and several others were seriously injured in a tragic crash that occurred in Gaston County, NC. The head-on collision occurred on Dallas Cherryville Highway near Applewood Road. A 2003 Kia crossed the center line and hit a pickup truck head on. The driver of the truck, Melissa Childers, and her…
What Happened: Three young women were involved in a car accident on July 21, 2012. An 18-year-old was driving while allegedly under the influence of alcohol when the car ran off NC 700 near Country Lane Circle in Eden, North Carolina. The car ended up hitting a tree and the crash claimed the lives of…
What Happened: Authorities report that a crash occurred around 1:30 pm in Morganton, North Carolina when a Toyota Tacoma struck a Ford Escape as it attempted to pass while heading northbound on Benfields Landing Road. The Escape spun out of control and struck a Honda Passport. The Tacoma truck then struck a Honda Civic head…
A Perdue Farms tractor trailer is responsible for a multi-vehicle accident in North Carolina, after two unsecured crates fell off the truck and into the roadway. Authorities say the crash occurred around 6 a.m. in Lewiston-Woodville at the intersection of Highways 11 and 308. The Perdue Farms tractor trailer was making a left onto Highway…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog my colleague Rick Shapiro highlights findings from a federal investigation into a train collision that left an engineer and conductor dead. Investigators concluded that better scheduling and adoption of positive train control could keep such accidents from occurring. To read more, click over to…