Complete North Carolina accident reports and news.
When someone is injured in an accident in North Carolina, it is important to gather information about what happens next.
Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.
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Most recent accident reports
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Charlotte, NC
Emergency officials are on the scene of a fatal accident in Union County, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
The accident happened just before 4 p.m. on Monroe-Ansonville Road near the intersection of Trull Hinson Road, just north of the town of Wingate.
Charlotte, NC
A teen driver is being charged in connection to a Monday accident that left a 14-year-old girl dead, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
The incident happened just after 2:30 p.m. on the 4500 block of Camp Stewart Road in east Charlotte.
Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC
A 13-year-old boy died Saturday after being electrocuted following a vehicle crash in Bertie County.
North Carolina Highway Patrol said around 12:30 p.m., a SUV ran off the road on Highway 42, west of Colerain, and hit a utility pole.
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
A wreck on westbound Interstate 40 near Reedy Creek Road hampered commuter traffic about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
There were no immediate reports of any serious injuries, but emergency personnel said debris from the crash interfered with traffic.
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC
Raleigh-Durham, NC
The driver of a tractor-trailer truck was cited for speeding after he lost control of his rig and spilled a load of lumber on Atlantic Avenue on Tuesday morning.
No injuries were reported, but it took workers most of Tuesday to clear the lumber from the road.
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.
Charlotte, NC
Police in Charlotte say a man has been charged after a woman riding in his vehicle was killed in a crash with a tractor trailer early Monday morning.
Charlotte, NC
One person was killed in a car accident on I-77 Sunday night, according to a release from the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
The wreck happened on I-77 northbound near the 28-mile marker, just south of Catawba Avenue.
Raleigh-Durham, NC
A 23-year-old mother Monday faced a felony charge of negligent child abuse inflicting serious injury because, Raleigh police said in an arrest warrant, she had her 2-year-old son unrestrained in the back seat of a car when it wrecked when she was driving 70 mph in a 35 mph zone.
Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC
An honor guard from Fort Bragg en route to Charlotte Friday morning was involved in a major crash near Laurinburg, the Highway Patrol confirmed Friday afternoon.
Raleigh-Durham, NC
A woman was killed and a man injured Thursday morning when an Amtrak passenger train hit a car at a rail crossing in Cary, officials said.
The collision occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. at a Maynard Road crossing near Old Apex Road.
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.