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Leroy Gray, 53, struck and seriously injured by hit-and-run driver while walking on Apple Street in Burlington, North Carolina

Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
Burlington police said 53-year-old Leroy Gray was hit by a vehicle while walking on Apple Street near Hall Avenue. Gray told police he was walking near the Hall Avenue intersection when a dark colored mid-size vehicle turned off Hall and hit him. The vehicle continued on Apple Street toward Rauhut Street and didn’t stop. EMS crews took Gray to Alamance Regional Medical Center with a possible bone fracture in his leg.

Officer J.A. Jeffries injured after his police cruiser is struck by drunk driver on Gregg Street and Robert Lane in Archdale, North Carolina

Date: 
Monday, February 24, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A man faces multiple charges including DWI and assault with a deadly weapon after a police officer was injured in a crash Tuesday night. Archdale Police Officer J.A. Jeffries was injured in the crash around 8:20 p.m. at the intersection of Gregg Street and Robert Lane. He was treated for minor injuries at High Point Regional Hospital and released. Vernon Timothy Dehart, 47, of Trinity, was treated for minor injuries at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro. Archdale police allege Dehart sped toward Jeffries and hit his patrol vehicle.

Jasmine Shanice Goins, 21, killed, after her car strikes a guardrail on I-40 and crashes at the MLK Jr. exit ramp in Greensboro.

Date: 
Friday, February 21, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

A 21-year-old woman died following a crash on Interstate 40 in Greensboro early Saturday morning.

Jasmine Shanice Goins of Greensboro was critically injured in the single-vehicle crash around 4:45 a.m. on the westbound side near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. She was taken to Moses Cone Hospital, where she died.

Goins was driving a 2007 Chrysler Sebring when it hit a guardrail to the right, went airborne and rolled over between the interstate and the MLK Jr. Drive exit ramp, Greensboro police said. Goins was ejected from the car as it rolled over, police said.

Frances Rose, 78, killed when her car runs off a slick roadway in Davidson County, overturns, and crashes into a tree.

Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

A 78-year-old woman was killed after crashing into a tree in Davidson County Friday morning.

Frances Rose of Thomasville died in the single-car crash just before 9 a.m. on Holly Grove Road near Lohr Road in Davidson County.

Rose was driving a 2008 Kia car west on Holly Grove Road when she overcorrected twice, causing her to run off the road to the right and overturn, troopers said. The roof of the car hit a tree, and Rose was pronounced dead at the scene.

Rose was driving too fast for the rainy conditions, troopers said.

Daniel Bruce Frost, 66, was killed when his moped ran a red light at an intersection and collided with a car in Burlington, North Carolina

Date: 
Monday, February 17, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A man riding a moped was killed in a collision with another vehicle Tuesday night. Daniel Bruce Frost, 66, of Burlington, was killed around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of South Church Street and Gurney Street. Frost was driving a 2009 Honda moped west on South Church Street when he collided with a 2008 Chevrolet going north on Gurney Street, Burlington police said. Frost was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car wasn't injured. The investigation continues. Two witnesses told police Frost ran a red light.

Rene Quiterio Medel, 27, killed when his car leaves roadway in Forsyth County, slides down an embankment and crashes into trees.

Date: 
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

A Winston-Salem man was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Monday morning.

Rene Quiterio Medel, 27, died in the crash just after 6 a.m. in the 2700 block of Cole Road between Interstate 40 and Highway 311.

Medel's Honda Civic was going east on Cole Road when the car went off the road to the right, went down an embankment and crashed into several small trees, Winston-Salem police said.

The trees forced the car to rotate and face westbound, police said. Medel was pronounced dead at the scene.

Donald Dobransky 46, killed after his vehicle crashes into trees at high speed near Piedmont-Triad Airport.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

A Pennsylvania man was killed in a crash Wednesday in Guilford County.

Authorities with the North Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened on Ted Johnson Parkway near Piedmont-Triad International Airport.

Investigators said Donald Dobransky, 46, was in the vehicle when it went off the road and into the treeline. They said speed was likely a factor in the crash.

An investigation is underway, and officials said no charges have been filed.

Todd Martinez killed by hit & run driver while bicycling in Guilford County, North Carolina

Date: 
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A 19-year-old has been charged with felony hit and run following the death of a High Point firefighter who was riding a bike. Fire Equipment Operator Todd Martinez was hit by a vehicle in Summerfield, investigators said. He died from his injuries at Moses Cone Hospital. Andrew Bray Barham, 19, was charged with one count of felony hit and run, said the Guilford County District Attorney's Office. He's out on bail and is scheduled to appear in court March 6. The state Highway Patrol is investigating the collision and plans to release more details to the media at 2 p.m. Monday.

Dennis Carlie Johnson, 55, killed in accident at lumber yard in Grayson County, Virginia

Date: 
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A man was killed in a workplace accident in Grayson County Wednesday morning. Dennis Carlie Johnson, 55, died around 8:35 a.m. at C&B Lumber on Turkey Knob Road in Fries. Johnson was trying to clear a jammed log on a conveyor belt when his clothing pulled him into the belt and pulley mechanism, Grayson County deputies said. Deputies found Johnson dead at the scene. An autopsy will be performed in Roanoke.

One person killed in single car crash on icy roadway in Surrey County, North Carolina

Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
Emergency officials responded to a deadly crash in Surry County Tuesday afternoon. The crash was reported around 1:15 p.m. on Poplar Springs Road near Timberbrook Trail east of State Road. Surry County EMS Director John Shelton said the crash was fatal and involved one car. No other information has been released. As of 2 p.m., Surry County emergency crews were responding to four crashes, three of which reportedly involved personal injury or entrapment. It's unclear if any other crashes are weather-related.