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Four sent to hospital including 3-year-old when pickup truck hits appliance display, causing items to hit pedestrians at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Newton, North Carolina

Date: 
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Area: 
Charlotte, NC

Good Samaritan Jefferson Heavner fatally shot by stranded driver in Catawba County, North Carolina

Date: 
Friday, January 22, 2016
Area: 
Charlotte, NC

Two-year-old boy injured in lawn mower accident in Hildebran, North Carolina

Date: 
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Area: 
Charlotte, NC
According to fire officials, a 2-year-old boy was riding on a riding lawn mower with a relative on a Sunday afternoon. The boy was let off of the motor when he got his foot caught by the blade of the mower. The extent of his injuries has not been reported. He was flown to an area hospital for treatment.

Rebecca Hodge Williams, 24, and her newborn baby son Riley Andrew Williams, killed after car crash on County Line Road in Gastonia, NC

Date: 
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Area: 
Charlotte, NC
A pregnant woman died in a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday afternoon in Gastonia. Rebecca Hodge Williams, 24, collided with another car on County Line Road. She was pronounced deceased at the crash site. CPR was performed on Williams by a trooper and a nurse, providing oxygen to Williams' baby who was due on Jan. 19. The 7-pound, 5-ounce baby was delivered via cesarean section at Gaston Regional Hospital and then transported to Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte. The baby boy, named Riley Andrew Williams, later died in a Charlotte hospital.

John Rufty, 74, critically injured, transported to hospital, after a single-engine aircraft, piloted by Edward Eugene Sisson, 84, crashes into a lawn mower, while landing at the Taylorsville Airport.

Date: 
Friday, April 25, 2014
Area: 
Charlotte, NC
A small plane crash-landed right onto a man riding a lawn mower, chopping off his hand. Edward Eugene Sisson, the 84-year-old pilot of the single-engine plane, collided with a lawn mower operator while landing at North Carolina’s Taylorsville Airport Saturday afternoon. Sisson is an experienced pilot who was flying in from Crossville, Tenn., to visit family in Taylorsville, State Highway Patrol Sergeant Brian Owenby stated.