Posts tagged Car Accidents

• North Carolina Car Accident Highlights need Seat Belt Usage

  Michael Chandler | March 26, 2008 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating an automobile accident this morning. The accident occurred on I-485 in Charlotte where 7 people were hospitalized with injuries including an infant. The Charlotte Observer reports all of the injured were ejected from the vehicle with the exception of the infant who was in a car seat.This type of accident highlights the importance of wearing...

• High School Student Dies After Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 7:17 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A student from West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina died in a car accident on Mount Holly Road on Friday, March 21.Alicia Davis, 17, was in the backseat of a Nissan 300zx, when the accident occurred. The driver, 20-year-old Jack Smith Jr., was trying to pass another vehicle when he lost control of the car and crossed into oncoming traffic. Once this occurred the Nissan...

• Speed Causes Cornelius North Carolina Car Accident

  Michael Chandler | January 31, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a police report released on Wednesday, speed was the primary contributing factor in a two vehicle car accident that killed two motorists and injured two others. The accident has received a lot of media attention because two sons of well known drag racer Doug Herbert were killed in the collision. The accident took place on Jetton Road in Cornelius just north of Charlotte, North...

• One Killed and Others Injured in North Carolina Car Accident

  Michael Chandler | January 21, 2008 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, one passenger was killed and two others were seriously injured when a car lost control and veered off a North Carolina Interstate Sunday afternoon. The car accident occurred on Interstate 77 North of Charlotte. One of the injured victims, Emily Peralta, 61, who was in intensive care at Carolinas Medical Center late Sunday while another injury...

• North Carolina Car Accident . . . Are You Protected?

  Michael Chandler | January 17, 2008 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As a personal injury attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina, I represent hundreds of victims who sustain serious injury on North Carolina roadways each year. Unfortunately one of the hardest aspects of my job is finding insurance coverage to fully compensate the victims. If you want to protect yourself and your loved ones, you need to understand the types of insurance coverage available in...

• Drunk Driver Kills Man in Rowan County

  Shannon Weidemann | October 06, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A drunk driver hit another car and killed a man and injured a child. The car accident happened in Rowan County on Thursday night. He was driving on Interstate 85 going in the wrong direction at the time of the accident. Troopers say he got onto Interstate 85 at Lane Street in Cabarrus County around 11:30 p.m. Thursday and went the wrong direction. A vehicle going the correct direction...

• Wallace Car Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | September 27, 2007 8:48 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two people are dead and three children are injured after a car accident in Wallace this morning. The victims were from Wadesboro. Someone that lives near the crash scene said that many accidents happen at that intersection. Just before 10:00 Thursday morning, Highway Patrol said the family's minivan collided with a flatbed truck at the intersection of Hwy 9 and 912 near Wallace.Highway...

• Charlotte Police Officer in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 20, 2007 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A police officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was involved in a car accident in his cruiser today. He was driving to the scene of another car accident and was attempting to go through an intersection on a red light. The driver of the other car had a revoked license and was driving anyway. Peterson said the officer was traveling on Central Avenue, headed to the accident...

• Annapolis Motorcycle Accident Kills Man

  Shannon Weidemann | September 04, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 25-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday in Annapolis. The victim was from Edgewater. He was driving his motorcycle in a construction zone when the accident happened. The victim tried to merge left from a right-turn-only lane on southbound Route 2 near Forest Drive, swerved back to the right when he saw traffic approaching from behind, and went off the road, past the...

• Person Killed in Charlotte Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 27, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man was killed in a single car accident in Charlotte last week. He drove the car into a utility pole and then a building. Rescue teams had to use the Jaws of Life. The victim died at the scene of the accident. It happened off of Old Concord Road in northeast Charlotte.Investigators believe the driver of the car was driving too fast when he hit a sharp curve in the road. That caused the...