Early Saturday morning, sometime shortly after 5 am, Jorge Jimenez-Feliz was driving a white Dodge Caravan. For some unknown reason, he crossed the double yellow line while driving down North Tyron Street in Charlotte. When he did that, he ran
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September 23rd, 2014Survivors in Deadly Bus Crash Return to Say ‘Thank You’
July 17th, 2014You may remember a tragic bus accident that made headline news about a year ago in Jefferson County Tennessee. Recently, a feel good story was also covered for this tragic event. Nine months post-crash, the twelve survivors of the deadly
Read MoreDriver with Learning Permit Gives New Meaning to Drive Thru
July 12th, 2014Dinner with friends should be a great night out. Imagine sitting down with your best friends at a local restaurant to have dinner interrupted by a car crashing through the building. This is exactly what happened at Mac’s Speed shop,
Read MoreAbout one in three fatal crashes are caused by excessive speeding. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA) it is the third leading contributing factor to traffic crashes. In Charlotte, speed seems to be the factor in the
Read MoreTexting While Driving Turns Fatal
February 27th, 2014Since 2009, texting while driving has been illegal in North Carolina, but that did not stop one local woman. On February 8, a Belmont woman was charged with second-degree murder for the death of an elderly Belmont woman, and has
Read MoreWoman Innocently Live-Tweets Husband’s Fatal Car Wreck
December 8th, 2013Caran “CJ” Johnson — a well-known and respected member of PDX/SW WA Twitter community under the handle @ScanCouver — live tweets many 911 calls, news, weather and traffic alerts as well as fatalities in the city of Vancouver, Washington. That
Read MoreWas a Third Party Involved?
November 4th, 2013Accident cases can be very difficult to rule on. When there are few witnesses, the police and investigators have to lean on their experience to determine who was at fault and if anyone needs to be arrested. Sometimes police seek
Read MoreNorth Carolina Court Of Appeals Allows Driver To Avoid Liability Through Doctrine Of Sudden Emergency
May 10th, 2013The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently handed down a decision in favor of a truck driver whose tractor trailer ran into a woman, causing her death. The truck driver was driving down the highway when he saw another person
Read MoreTwo pedestrian car accidents marked the end of March in North Carolina. One gentleman was killed by a van and another man was hit by a car while walking to work. The North Carolina Highway Patrol has investigated 497 pedestrian
Read MoreGenes May Determine Car Crash Victims Pain Tolerance Study Says
December 13th, 2012A couple of studies conducted by the University of North Carolina have revealed that genes affected the study participants’ response to pain shortly after the accident and up to six weeks later. The studies were conducted using information gathered from
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