Accidents that occured in North Carolina or impacted North Carolina residents.
North Carolina Rep. Marvin Lucas is recovering in the hospital after he lost control of his pickup truck near his Spring Lake home. The crash occurred Saturday morning on Hedgemoor Circle. Lucas suffered a medical condition that caused him to lose control of his truck, which clipped a house before slamming into a tree.
A Goldsboro man was killed after being hit by two vehicles while trying to cross a street Wednesday night. Goldsboro police said they responded to a traffic crash involving a pedestrian at the intersection of North Berkeley Boulevard and Caudill Avenue.
Multiple lanes of Interstate 40 West in Greensboro are closed following a crash. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening, and the cause of the crash and the status of those involved are currently unknown.
Interstate 40 in Durham is closed after a major crash involving 32 vehicles. No fatalities reported.
A North Carolina state employee was killed by the father of a child he hit with a state-owned vehicle. The incident occurred in Person County on Monday morning. The employee, Jeffrey McKay, was driving the state-owned vehicle when he struck and killed the boy.
The pilot and the passenger of a small aircraft died after their plane crashed into a lake in Hickory, North Carolina. The crash occurred shortly after taking off from the Hickory Regional Airport. Both pilot and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene.
A train in Rocky Mount collided with an abandoned truck on Thursday night. Firefighters were called to the scene and found the truck stuck on the train tracks. The driver of the truck was eventually located safe and uninjured.
Two people from Advance were killed in a crash on Sunday including a Davison County Schools teacher. Nicholas Sponholz crossed the median and collided with another vehicle. Bruce Schneggenburger and Stephanie Schneggenburger died from their injuries.
Congresswoman Kathy Manning was involved in a car crash in Greensboro, NC. She and a staff member sustained non life-threatening injuries and were taken to the hospital. The driver of the first vehicle was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
A fatal car crash in Roxboro claimed the lives of two teenagers, Isaac Bowen and Jordan Humphrey, and seriously injured three others. The accident occurred on Saturday morning on Shiloh Church Road near Dorothy Brooks Lane. The driver, Stephen Moore, was suspected of being impaired by alcohol.