In the small town known as Bunnlevel just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina an elderly lady was struck and killed by a car while crossing the road by her house. The 80-year-old woman was walking across the road in front of her home as she probably has done for years and years. However, last Saturday…
In a dramatic car crash that ended in tragedy, the Charlotte Fire Department was called to the 1400 block of Little Rock Road at Flatrock Road around 8 a.m. for a vehicle which ran off a bridge. Upon their arrival they were witness to wreckage that created a death trap for the occupant caught inside. …
The head of the U.S. Federal Transit Administration told a group of senators last Wednesday that his agency needed more authority to keep commuters safe when they ride buses, subways and light rail trains across the nation. Recently confirmed FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff informed members of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development…
Its summer time and many Virginia (VA) residents are enjoying the great weather by having cookouts by utilizing electric grills and other electric devices. However, these devices pose a risk for electrical fires. Cooking accounted for 31 percent of all residential structure fires in the Commonwealth, a 3 percent increase from 2007, according to a…
N.C. State Highway Patrol reported that an 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a wreck with a vehicle on Rains Mill Road near Old Cornwallis Road Saturday afternoon. The victim was Tyler Dean Smith, of Princeton. Smith crossed the center line and hit a minivan head-on according to the report. Authorities said that the driver’s inexperience…