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Elijah Ijah McLendon killed when his dirt bike hits curb and crashes.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC

Raleigh police say a teenager died early Sunday afternoon after his scooter hit a curb.

Elijah Ijah McLendon, 19, was traveling on a dirt bike then the wreck happened in the 5400 block of Dana Drive around 1:30 p.m.

Witnesses who rushed to help McLendon said he had been riding back and forth at what appeared to a high rate of speed when it appeared he hit something and lost control of the vehicle.

It's unclear whether McLendon was wearing a helmet. Witnesses said they found one not far from where the accident happened.

Accident knocks down transformer and power lines on Old Wake Forest Road in Raleigh, North Carolina

Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Police closed Old Wake Forest Road in the area of Falls of Neuse Road early Wednesday after an accident knocked down a power transformer and brought lines down into the street. There were no reports of injuries in the accident, which happened about 6:30 a.m. Duke Energy Progress crews were called to the scene to make repairs.

Brandon McLean taken to hospital for surgery after accident on I-540.

Date: 
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC

A crash on westbound Interstate 540 in Raleigh Monday morning sent two drivers to a local hospital and backed up traffic for more than 10 miles during the morning commute.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the crash happened about 6:30 a.m. near the Leesville Road exit when the driver of a pickup truck hit a Dodge Challenger, causing it to sideswipe a tractor-trailer.

A Toyota Prius then hit the rear of the tractor-trailer, which had stopped in a lane of travel and had its hazard lights on.

Logan Sloan Aronson, 23, and Edward Blake Tolley, 23, dead in car accident.

Date: 
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Two Raleigh men were killed Friday evening when the car they were in went out of control, hit a curb, left the road and struck three trees on Lynn Road in North Raleigh. The driver, Logan Sloan Aronson of Raleigh, and his passenger, Edward Blake Tolley of Raleigh, both 23, were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened about 7 p.m. near the intersection of Lynn and Lead Mine roads. The speed limit on that part of Lynn Road is 45 mph, but police estimated that the 2003 Acura, headed westbound toward Lead Mine, was traveling 90 mph when it left the road.

Darnell Marquise Johnson, 25, killed after losing control of car in Raleigh

Date: 
Friday, November 22, 2013
Area: 
Raleigh-Durham, NC
In Raleigh, Darnell Marquise Johnson, 25, died early Saturday after losing control of his car and crashing on southbound Capital Boulevard near Interstate 440, police said.