AAA released a new report that suggests fatal hit-and-run accidents continue to increase nationwide. Between 2009 and 2016, hit and run deaths increased by an average of 7.2 percent each year. A hit-and-run crash is where a motorist strikes another person and leaves the scene. An estimated 682,000 hit and...
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Hit-and-Run
Do Victims Need a Lawyer If a Hit-and-Run Driver Is Arrested?
Earlier this year, a hit-and-run driver left an 18-year-old man he hit with his car in Willow Spring laid out on the side of the road with injuries that eventually landed the young man in intensive care at WakeMed. He is suffered a brain bleed as well as injuries to...
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Why Did a Driver Flee the Scene of a Wayne County Wreck?
The Goldsboro News-Argus recently reported about a Wayne County wreck where one driver fled the scene claiming he was an undocumented immigrant. Reportedly, the hit-and-run crash was one of three separate collisions that occurred during a three-minute span in Wayne County that day. However, it was the only traffic accident...
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What Should Cyclists Do If They Are the Victim of a Hit-and-Run?
Back in December, WRAL-TV reported on a hit-and-run accident that resulted in a bicyclist’s death. Reportedly, the crash happened around 11:30 pm on a Wednesday at the intersection of Carolina Avenue and Western Boulevard. After colliding with the 56-year-old cyclist, the 25-year-old driver fled the scene in her vehicle. The...
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Cyclists Hit in Cary, NC
On Monday evening, a Morrisville man was driving down High House Road at the intersection of Old Apex Road when he hit a group of four cyclists before leaving the scene. Two women were taken to the hospital with serious injuries and the other two cyclists were uninjured. Anyone who...
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NC’s Top 10 Bike Accidents – and How to Avoid Them!
Bicycles are an excellent way for people to get a little exercise, as well as an eco-friendly transportation option when you want to get around town or commute to work. Now that summer has arrived, more and more people can be seen riding around North Carolina on their bikes and...
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Chapel Hill Hit-and-Run Vehicles Sought by Police
Chapel Hill police are looking for information from the public to solve a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a man in September. According to authorities, at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, 23-year-old Joseph Russo, of Durham, was transported to Duke Hospital in critical condition after the accident. Russo was...
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