Accidents that occured in North Carolina or impacted North Carolina residents.
A North Carolina State Highway Patrol vehicle was involved in a crash due to a chase on Friday night in Winston-Salem. The suspect, Terrence Thomas Manokey, 36, of Winston-Salem, has been taken into custody and is being charged with DWI, fleeing to elude and several other unrelated felony warrants.
A crash on US 421 North in Winston-Salem caused heavy traffic congestion on Friday afternoon. The right lane of the highway was closed for over an hour.
A grandmother was killed and two others injured in a crash on NC Highway 70 near Princeton Church. The SUV they were traveling in attempted to cross the highway when it was struck by a van.
A chase and crash at the intersection of Capital Boulevard has caused major delays. The driver was going more than 100 miles per hour on the roadway and the car was stolen from Johnston County. Six cars were involved in the crash.
A tractor-trailer lost its load Wednesday morning, blocking a Gastonia highway. The truck flipped and lost its load of scrap metal, and crews were working to clear the debris left behind. Police confirmed South York Road, which is Highway 321, was closed between Jackson Street and West 12th Avenue.
Two teens, Austin Ryan Davis and Aiden Daniel Humphries, died when they crashed their pick-up truck during a high-speed chase with Mooresville Police. The chase reached speeds as high as 110 miles an hour.
All lanes of Highway 12 near the Pea Island Visitor Center on the Outer Banks were closed to traffic Monday due to a serious traffic crash in the area. Highway 12 has one lane of travel in each direction.
Two tractor-trailers crashed on Interstate 40 on Tuesday, leaving one person dead. The crash caused the westbound lanes in Johnston County to be shut down for about seven hours. Eastbound lanes were bumper to bumper.
Roy Ward, from Leland, was driving a pilot car that was responsible for escorting a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load. He was hit and killed by another tractor-trailer while checking on the parked vehicle on the shoulder of I-40 West.
Highway 12 on Pea Island has reopened after a serious traffic crash caused all lanes of the highway to close. The road closure caused a significant traffic backup, but crews were able to clear the roadway and reopen the road to traffic.