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At about 8:45 a.m., an eastbound van crossed the center median and overturned on the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near Benson. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the 15-passenger van lost control after one of its tires blew out. Nine people in the van were transported to WakeMed, five were transported to a Clayton hospital, while one was brought to a hospital in Smithfield. 

A 21-year-old driver was killed in a head-on collision early Sunday in Knightdale while driving on Smithfield Road. He crossed the center line and hit another vehicle near Joyful Lane. The driver died at the scene, and the passenger and driver of the other car were brought to WakeMed to treat their injuries.   

On Friday morning, Anthony Suggs Jr., of Clayton, was riding a motorcycle along N.C. 42 near Thanksgiving Fire Department Road when he approached a tractor that was mowing grass on the shoulder. The tractor pulled into Suggs' path, and Suggs struck the back of the machine and was thrown from his bike. He died at the scene. The driver of the tractor, William Pittman of Benson, has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and unsafe movement.  

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.