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Monday, December 30, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCFirefighters in Charlotte have cleared a vehicle crash that all but closed access to Interstate 77 southbound from Interstate 85 southbound Tuesday morning.
The incident was reported at 6:59 a.m. at milemarker 38. That's the ramp from I-85 to I-77 southbound. The left lane of the ramp is closed.
The accident was cleared from the roadway by 8 a.m., according to NCDOT.
Medic transported one patient with potentially life threatening injuries.
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Monday, December 30, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCAn 18-wheeler hit and killed a little boy as he rode a dirt bike his parents gave him for Christmas.
Seven-year-old Tristan Mericle died after a tractor-trailer struck him Tuesday evening.
Troopers and say the seven-year-old was riding a dirt bike in his front yard and drove onto Highway 97, right into the path of the big rig, as he tried to turn the bike around.
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Friday, December 27, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly accident that happened Saturday night.
Troopers say a truck driver was driving on I-77, near the Mount Holly-Huntersville Road Overpass, when he drove his truck off the road and overturned.
The truck driver was pronounced dead on the scene.
Fifty-five gallons of oil was thrown from the truck, but it has been cleaned up since the accident.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCWadesboro Police are investigating a deadly Christmas Day crash.
Investigators say a Volkswagon driving westbound on Highway 74 in Anson County crossed the line and hit a Dodge Intrepid going eastbound head-on at about 4:01 p.m. Several people were hurt and a baby died.
According to Wadesboro Police, the Hooper family was in the Volkswagon, heading back home to Gaston County after a holiday get-together in Hamlet.
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Monday, December 23, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCThe N.C. Highway Patrol says an Alabama couple was killed as they changed a tire on Interstate 40.
The patrol identified the victims as George and Carol Kittle, of Hollytree, Ala. Both were 66.
The patrol said the couple was almost done changing the tire when a truck sideswiped their truck and struck them Tuesday morning, throwing them 100 feet.
The accident occurred in the westbound lanes of I-40 at the Catawba County line.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCOne person died early Sunday morning in a one vehicle fatal wreck at the intersection of Fewell Road and SC 274 in York County, troopers say.
The wreck occurred around 12:22 a.m. when the driver of a 2006 Ford Pickup truck struck an embankment according to South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the truck.
The driver died at the scene, SCHP says.
The wreck happened about eight miles outside of Clover.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCThree people were taken to the hospital following a two-car collision on U.S. 221 South on Wednesday.
According to the N.C. Highway Patrol, at around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Wanda Callaouway, of Lenoir, was driving south on U.S. 221 when a car in front of her stopped suddenly. She swerved to miss it and hit a vehicle driven by Charles Hutchins, of Forest City, and the guardrail.
Hutchins, along with a passenger, Kasey Whitesides, and an infant child was transported by EMS to McDowell Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Callouway was charged with failure to reduce speed.
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Monday, December 2, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCA logging truck overturned near Statesville Monday, causing a road to close.
The crash happened just before noon on Old Mocksville Road about four miles northeast of town, WCNC reported.
The truck driver was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Chopper footage showed the entire load of logs spilled off the side of the roadway. The road was closed for a few hours.
The crash is still under investigation. No other vehicles were involved.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013Area:
Charlotte, NCA Rock Hill woman is dead after a crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 77 near Highway 160.
South Carolina Highway Patrol says 38 year old Lawanda Pressley's SUV ran off the interstate and hit a tree.
There's no word yet what caused the crash. Troopers are still investigating.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013A spokesman for Amtrak says seven of the nine cars of the Amtrak Crescent came off the tracks around midnight. The Spartanburg County Fire Marshal says four of the 207 passengers suffered minor injuries. None of the 11 crew members were hurt. The Amtrak Crescent was traveling north from New Orleans. The train was expected to make its final stop in New York City later Monday. Amtrak is investigating why the train derailed.