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Four Young Men Die In Wake County Rollover Accident

Four Young Men Die In Wake County Rollover Accident

Four Young Men Die In Wake County Rollover Accident

NC Highway Patrol Investigate Deadly Jamestown Car Accident

Accident On N.C. 87 Claims Life Of Child

Accident On N.C. 87 Claims Life Of Child

 A five-vehicle accident on N.C. 87 claimed the life of a 5-year-old- boy in front of the Linden Oaks subdivision.

Jaquel Parker, 5 of Lumber Bridge was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Shonda Parker, 37.

Although they both lived at the same address, it was not known if they were related.

The accident is being investigated.

One Dead, One Injured In Pender County Crash

A 19-year-old man has died and a 19-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with personal injuries from a wreck on the morning of April 27 on Interstate 40 in Pender County just before noon.

According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Rose Hill resident Eber Banegas was traveling at a high rate of speed in a sport utility vehicle when he started heading toward the median before overcorrecting. The vehicle overturned three times, causing Banegas to be ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The female passenger, whose name was not released, received air transport to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with serious injuries.

Eight Hospitalized In Crash In Albrittons Community

A two-vehicle wreck in the Albrittons community on the morning of April 23 resulted in eight people, including two small children, being taken to the hospital with personal injuries.

Lenoir County EMS took 25-year-old Kinston resident Dana Hill, Hill’s infant son, 26-year-old Deep Run resident Marvin Hall Jr., Hall’s mother, and four other members of Hall’s family, including an infant, to Lenoir Memorial Hospital just before 11 a.m.

North Carolina State Trooper J.L. Cash said that to his knowledge, none of the injuries suffered were considered to be critical.

Cash and eyewitnesses Bridgette Herring and Donna Murphy, both Mount Olive residents, say that Hill was driving a 2000 Toyota and caused a 1990 Ford Aerostar driven by Hall to swerve from the left lane of N.C. 11 North off the right shoulder into a ditch.

Cash said Hill was eastbound on Green Hayne’s road and failed to yield right of way to Hall’s vehicle at the intersection with N.C. 11. He said Hall apparently attempted to avoid her and went off the road.

According to Herring, Hall ran off the road to the right and barely missed hitting a stop sign before going nose first into a 3-foot ditch.

Cash said that one of the infants involved suffered a leg injury. EMS crews worked for nearly an hour to get the boy into a safe enough condition to take him to the hospital.

Operation Slow Down / No Need To Speed

Operation Slow Down  / No Need To Speed

A report from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program has revealed that 15,789 drivers were cited for speeding by the local and state law enforcement officers during the Operation Slow Down / No Need 2 Speed Campaign. This program ran from March 29-April 4.

According to David Weinstein, director of GHSP, speed continues to be the main cause of motor vehicle accidents.

According to the report, 61,766 criminal and traffic citations were issued across the state. In addition, there were 379 fugitives arrested, 42 stolen vehicles recovered, 637 child passenger safety charges and 907 drug charges.

These type campaigns have been beneficial since 2006.

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Passenger Killed in Accident

Passenger Killed in Accident

 A passenger in an accident, Annie Wilson, died Thursday morning when the vehicle she    was in collided with a Cumberland County school bus in Fayetteville.

Joe Ann Pelchat, turned left into the path of the school bus. Pelchat was treated at Cape Fear Medical Center.

Woman Dies After Three-Vehicle Crash Involving School Bus In Fayetteville

Police say a woman who suffered critical personal injuries in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Purdue Drive and Raeford Road in Fayetteville on the morning of October 15 died later that day.

Police have not yet released the woman’s name.

According to police, the wreck occurred shortly before 8 a.m. when a car pulled in front of a Cumberland County school bus.

Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance said that the bus, driven by 49-year-old Norman Upsher, was transporting seven special-needs students. None of the bus’ occupants were injured.

Chance says the bus was en route to Alma Easom Elementary School when the bus was struck by a white Buick LeSabre that had turned left onto Purdue Drive, into the bus’ path.

The Buick then struck a pickup truck that was waiting to turn right onto Raeford Road head-on. The truck was also pulling a trailer of lawn equipment, according to Chance.

Chance said a woman on the passenger side of the Buick sustained critical injuries. Medics performed CPR on her for approximately 10 minutes before she was transported via ambulance to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Fayetteville Accident Claims Life

                                                              Fayetteville Accident Claims Life

One person died and another was seriously injured in a collision Monday on Ramset Street.

The drivers, whose names were not released, were the victims.

A pickup traveling northbound crossed the centerline and hit a southbound van head-on.

Traffic at the intersection wa stopped to allow a medical helicopter to land. The injured driver was transported by ambulance to the helicopter.

Four Students And School Bus Driver Injured In Johnston County Collision

According to Johnston County schools spokeswoman Terri Sessoms, four students and a school bus driver received transport to a local hospital after a collision with an SUV on October 8.

The extent of the injuries they suffered was not immediately known.

According to Sessoms, Bus 94 had just left McGee’s Crossroads Elementary School when the collision took place at the intersection of N.C. 210 and N.C. 50 in Johnston County.

The crash remained under the investigation of the North Carolina Highway Patrol and further details, including potential charges, were not immediately made available.

According to Sessoms, the students remaining on the bus who were not injured returned to the school, where their parents were contacted to pick them up.

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Garner Contractors Sued By ConAgra Workers

Garner Contractors Sued By ConAgra Workers

Around two dozen workers at the ConAgra Foods Inc. plant in Garner filed suit today against the town and several contractors and component suppliers. The suit alleges negligence that caused a fatal explosion at the plant last summer.

This is the second suit filed in connection with the explosion at the plant on June 9. Three ConAgra workers and a contractor were killed. Previously two other workers sued a mechanical contractor that is not named as a defendant in this suit filed today.

It was determined by federal investigators the cause of the explosion was caused by contractors venting natural gas inside the plant while installing the water heater.

The state Department of Labor found a total of 27 workplace safety violations at the Garner plant. ConAgra agreed to pay a $106,440 fine and implement policy and procedure changes to address safety issues with contractors.

ConAgra is not named as a defendant in either lawsuit.

The new suit alleges that Garner inspectors were inside the ConAgra plant on the day of the explosion and were aware that gas was being improperly vented into the building.

Town inspectors should have also known that employees of one of the contractors, Midsouth Industrial Refrigeration Inc., did not have proper permits and licenses to work on the gas line in the plant.

In addition other contractors and suppliers named as defendants in the new suit are Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Energy Systems Analysts Inc., Freedom Electric Inc., Fireye Inc., Maxton Corp., Weeks-Williams-Devore Inc., Rockwell Automation Inc., Todd’s Maintenance and Construction LLC, Honeywell International Inc., AJ Antunes & Co., Bacharach Inc., Rexel Inc., IMS Metering Holdings, Invensys Metering Systems N.A. Inc., Sensus Metering Systems Inc., Sensus USA Inc. and Sensus (Bermuda 2) Ltd. Inc.

Garner officials were not available for comment.

Clerk Assaulted During Robbery

Clerk Assaulted During Robbery

A convenience store clerk was assaulted during a robbery in Raleigh on Monday.

The two men entered the Kangaroo Express at 3289 Avent Ferry Road and forced the clerk to open the cash register.

The clerk was hit in the face by one of the suspects.

The incident is under investigation.

Chatham County Deputy Wrecks Patrol Car Enroute To Call

Chatham County Deputy Wrecks Patrol Car Enroute To Call

A Chatham County deputy, responding to a call, lost control of his patrol car hitting a sign and a tree this morning on Highway 1 near Exit 79.

The deputy, whose name was not released, was transported to UNC Hospital. He was responding at the scene, but would go in and out of consciousness.

The deputy was responding to a call in reference to inmates that were being transported from Union County. According to reports one of the inmates had started beating his head on a window and had called for help.