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Ousseynou Diop, Kiante Powell, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after two car crash on Highway 29.

Date: 
Monday, January 6, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a crash that blocked Highway 29 south early Tuesday morning.

Ousseynou Diop, 41, and Kiante Powell, 20, both of Greensboro, were injured in the two-vehicle collision around 4:10 a.m. on the southbound side near the Interstate 40 merging area.

Both were taken to Moses Cone Hospital for treatment. Diop was listed in critical but stable condition, while Powell was released.

Diop's 2013 Volkswagen was disabled in one of the travel lanes when Powell's vehicle collided with it, Greensboro police said.

4 seriously hurt after two car crash in North Carolina.

Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

Four people were hurt Thursday in a crash in Kernersville.

Authorities with the Kernersville Police Department said the crash happened in the 2400 block of West Mountain Street about 6 p.m.

Investigators said a woman and a young girl in a Nissan Altima were injured, and a man and a woman in a Dodge Caravan were also hurt.

The victims were taken to North Carolina Baptist Hospital.

Officials said all of the victims suffered serious injuries.

West Mountain Street was closed while the crash was investigated.

Stephanie Raffensberger, 47, struck and killed by car while crossing East Cone Boulevard near Orange Street in Greensboro, North Carolina

Date: 
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
Greensboro woman died from her injuries after she was hit by a car Monday night. City police said Stephanie Raffensberger was hit while trying to cross East Cone Boulevard near Orange Street. Authorities said she walked into the path of a vehicle traveling westbound. Raffensberger, 47, died at Moses Cone Hospital. The 21-year-old driver of the vehicle has not been charged.

Sean Christian Randolph killed in motorcycle accident. Cause of the crash is unknown.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

A motorcyclist was killed in an early-morning crash in Winston-Salem.

Authorities said the crash happened on Reynolda Road about 4 a.m.

Investigators said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Sean Christian Randolph.

Christopher McKean, 23, hit by SUV while skateboarding on street, taken to hospital.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A skateboarder was hurt in a crash with a sport utility vehicle Saturday. Authorities with the Burlington Police Department said the crash happened just before 6 p.m. on Maple and Quintas avenues. Investigators said Christopher McKean, 23, of Burlington, was riding a skateboard on Maple Avenue when the SUV being driven by Bobby Westbrook, 68, of Burlington, attempted to turn right onto Maple Avenue and struck the victim. McKean was taken to University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for treatment. He was listed in stable condition.

Grover Davis found dead in car crash after going missing since Thursday.

Date: 
Friday, December 6, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A missing man was found dead Saturday after a crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Authorities said Grover Davis and his vehicle were found on the parkway just before 11 a.m. Investigators said Davis had last been seen leaving his home on White Pines County Club Road on Thursday. The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident, and the National Park Service is investigating the crash.

William Masten Brendle killed when tractor flips on top of him.

Date: 
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

A man working with a tractor on a farm near Elkin was killed Friday when it flipped over on him, according to an emergency official.

The victim was identified as William Masten Brendle, 67, of Jacksonville, Fla.

The fatal accident was reported shortly before 10 a.m. at 173 Old Meadowbrook Lane, located off N.C. 268.

The man was working with his son beside a small wooded area there when the incident occurred.

Brendle was crushed underneath its weight as a result.

Angelica Loj, 23, was killed by tractor-trailer while crossing Highway 801 in Cooleemee, North Carolina

Date: 
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A female pedestrian was killed after being hit by a tractor-trailer Friday afternoon in Cooleemee. Angelica Loj, 23, died around 1:30 p.m. on Highway 801 near Marginal Street and across the street from a convenience store. Loj was walking across the street and ended up walking in front of a tractor-trailer, troopers said. A witness at the convenience store said he heard a loud thump and then saw a body in the road.

11 students hurt in bus crash; 6 still in hospital in N.C.

Date: 
Monday, December 2, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

Eleven people have been hurt in a school bus crash in Yadkin County.

Investigators say there were 20 students and a driver on the bus from Forbush Middle and Forbush High schools when the bus ran off a road and turned on its side around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday in Yadkinville.

Four of the injured students have been released from Yadkin Valley Community Hospital.

Luke Payton leads police on high speed chase, crashes car

Date: 
Monday, December 2, 2013
Area: 
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
A man who led a Carroll County deputy on a high-speed chase avoided serious injuries despite flipping his vehicle on the median of I-77 just south of the Poplar Camp exit. Luke Payton, who recently moved from North Carolina to Smithfield, Va., was complaining of back and neck pain but showed no visual signs of injury following the wreck, according to a Virginia State Trooper. Payton was transported to Twin County Regional Hospital, where he was treated and released.