North Carolina Personal Injury Legal News

I recently came across this excellent editorial comment in the Charlotte News & Observer. The letter discusses a terrible crash involving a UNC student who was hit while she was walking to a bus stop by a cell-phone using driver. The letter discusses recent research by the UNC Highway Safety Research Center which indicates that…

In a very strange wreck, a pick-up truck crashed into a Raleigh apartment building on Saturday evening forcing eight families from their homes. Click here for the story. The driver of the pick-up apparently fled on foot after the wreck but was later caught and charged with hit-and-run. This is a very interesting case froma…

An wreck Tuesday in Pitt County has injured a Bethel, North Carolina man who was riding a moped. The man, William Briley, was riding on Old Creek Road when the wreck occurred at the intersection of U.S. 264. The wreck is still under investigation. Click here for more.

In what seems to be a growing problem nationwide despite legislation, a teenage driver in Colombus County has been charged with texting while driving in causing a fatal wreck on Sunday. The teen, Taylor Clark, was driving a car that wrecked and killed passsenger Seth Beaver. Click here for more.

In a terrible wreck on N.C. 24, a Jones County woman, Becky Lavendier, has been charged with DWI after her car slammed head-on into a car driven by a a Warsaw woman. Apparently, the wreck happened when Ms. Lavendier tried to pass another car. Sadly, Ms. Lavendier was found by the investigating officer to exhibit…

As reported by WRAL TV, a serious wreck Saturday night on Bunn Elementary School Road in Franklin County has injured seven people. Apparently, the wreck happened when a man drove left of center striking a car containing a woman and her child head-on. The woman’s sister was following her in a separate vehicle and she…

As reported by WRAL TV, a Halifax County woman was hit and killed Saturday by a driver who then fled the scene. The woman, Sheila Brinson, was apparently walking down a rural road when the car crossed over the center line and struck her. Click here for the story.

In a terrible, and avoidable, wreck early Friday morning, Ian Smith of Archdale was fleeing police on the wrong side of the road when he hit a pick-up truck killing two and injuring another. Apparently, the police originally followed Mr. Smith after seeing head the wrong way on West Market Street. After Smith began driving…

In a wreck that is still under investigation, Goldsboro motorcyclist Mary Ann O’Neal was killed Wednesday night on U.S. Highway 70 when a tractor trailer apparently tried to pass her. The wreck occurred near Wilson Mills. The driver of the tractor-trailer apparently heard a bump while passing Ms. O’Neal and immediately pulled over. For more…

A wreck on Friday at the intersection Glenburnie and Neuse Boulevard in New Bern has sent a motorcyclist to CarolinaEast Medical Center with a chest injury. The wreck apparently happened when an SUV was taking a right turn onto Glenburnie and sideswiped the motorcylist. For more click here.