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Sunday, November 30, 2014
A toddler and a teenager are among four people who died in a head-on car accident in Edgecombe County Sunday. The collision occurred shortly before noon near Pinetops when a car crossed the center line of NC 42 and hit another vehicle head-on. The deceased victims as Stephanie Collins, 45, Alan Thompson, 30, Mickeyla Little, 15, and Christian Thompson, 2. The surviving victim, Randy Collins of Elm City, is listed in stable condition at a Greenville hospital. Speed appears to have been a factor. Check back for more information as it becomes available.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
The North Carolina Department of Transportation said Tuesday that one of its excavator trucks was in an accident in Edgecombe County that left a police officer dead. It happened around 9 a.m. on N.C. 111, shortly after the truck left a NCDOT maintenance yard on McKendree Church Rd just outside Tarboro. Tarboro Police Chief Damon Williams identified the dead man as Officer Charles Johnson. The driver of the truck was not hurt.