A man driving a white Dodge Caravan was arrested and charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The man's van crossed the double yellow lane divider on North Tryon Street in Charlotte crossing into the...
Month: September 2014
Quality product, confidence helps when establishing a business
Although starting a business venture can be exciting, it can also be overwhelming in North Carolina. A person may face challenges such as raising capital and figuring out how to market the business. A few tips can help a person who is establishing a business to...
2 killed, 1 injured in North Carolina head-on collision
A Benson couple died after a head-on collision in Johnston County on Sept. 17. The 19-year-old man who drove into their vehicle faces charges for the Four Oaks three-vehicle accident. The Highway Patrol reported that the crash occurred around 1:50 p.m. near Lassiter...
North Carolina I-40 car crash kills 2 people
On Sept. 7, around midnight, a car with a flat tire was rear-ended on Interstate 40 near the Wake County-Johnston County border. The driver of the disabled car was moving slowly in the westbound lane, and a driver behind him was unable to avoid it. According to a...
Business disputes may be prevented by clearly-written contracts
Any business, whether in North Carolina or elsewhere, will run into disputes with current or former employees, other businesses, affiliates, and customers. There is no iron-clad way around it. Business disputes are a part of the normal dynamics of human relations.The...
North Carolina car accident hospitalizes 7
On Sept. 6 around 9 p.m., a 51-year-old man driving an SUV reportedly hit a pickup truck. According to police, the SUV driver was headed eastbound near Beaufort when it crossed the centerline. The pickup truck driver reportedly veered to avoid a head-on collision, but...
Volkswagen claims breach of contract in dispute with dealership
For many people in North Carolina, the process of purchasing a car is somewhat straightforward. Generally people go to a dealership with an idea of what they want. After a test drive, some haggling and securing financing, an interested buyer drives away with a...
North Carolina teen dies in suspected DWI wreck
On Aug. 31, a teenager died as a result of a single-vehicle accident in Hickory, according to police. Reportedly, the teenager was a passenger in a Subaru Forester traveling south on 6th Street at approximately 7:45 p.m., when the vehicle jumped a curb, flipped...
North Carolina head-on crash takes 1 man’s life
On Sept. 2, a Mills River man was killed in a three-car accident on Boylston Highway. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers, a pickup truck crossed over the center line of the highway, crashing into the victim's vehicle head-on near Mills River....
Driver accused of hit-and-run after exchange student killed
According to police, a 21-year-old foreign exchange student was struck by a vehicle and killed while walking on a North Carolina highway around 11 p.m. on Aug. 25. His body was discovered around 6 a.m. the next day by a newspaper delivery driver. Later that morning, a...