Blog Category Carolina Accident News

A Fort Mill, SC man is dead after his motorcycle was rear-ended in Lancaster County, SC on Thursday, September 30.

Authorities say the accident happened around 11:50 p.m. on U.S. 521 near Edgewater Corporate Parkway in the Indian Land area. Ronald Hamilton, Jr, 41, of Fort Mill, was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle south on U.S. 521. A 2015 Acura Sedan was moving in the same direction when the Sedan rear-ended the motorcycle. Sadly, Hamilton was thrown from the motorcycle, and … Read more

A car crash in Taylorsville, NC, on September 14 left one person dead and another critically injured.

Authorities say the accident happened on NC 16 in Alexander County, near the Catawba County line around 1:45 PM, when a 2002 Dodge Durango crossed the centerline and struck a 1992 Toyota Camry head on.  Steve Ray Yoder, 73, of Hickory, was driving the Toyota and died from his injuries at the scene. A passenger in the Toyota was also rushed to an … Read more

An accident in Williamsburg, SC left one man dead on Thursday, August 26, after a Subaru and a tractor-trailer collided.

Authorities with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say Reginald Champagne, 26, was driving a Subaru southbound on Mt. Vernon Road. Around 2:25 PM, the Subaru was hit by the trailer of a semi which was eastbound on Manning Highway (S.C. Route 261).

Sadly, Champagne died of his injuries in the crash. A GoFundMe set up for his final expenses notes … Read more

A tragic accident in Spartanburg, SC left three teenagers dead, another injured, and a driver jailed on Monday, August 16.

Officials say the crash happened just before 2 AM on Interstate 26 near Inman. A Hummer driven by Melissa Ann Parker, 43, of Spartanburg, hit a Kia sedan carrying four teenagers from Fishers, a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. Troopers report that Parker was driving west in the eastbound lanes of I-26.

The vehicles collided head-on. Sadly, 18-year-old Brianna Lynn Foster, … Read more

Two people are dead following a collision between two dump trucks in West Charlotte on Wednesday, August 5.

Authorities say the accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. on Moores Chapel Road near Wilkinson Boulevard.

One dump truck, a 2006 Mack, was moving north on Moores Chapel Road and went off the roadway, overcorrected, crossed the centerline and slid sideways. The other dump truck, a 2017 Kenilworth, was driving south when the driver attempted to avoid the oncoming dump truck and drove … Read more

A tragic accident on the Durham Freeway on Tuesday, August 3, left one man dead and another injured.

Authorities say the crash happened around 1 AM near the Ellis Road exit. Daniel Joseph Watt, 26, a residence coordinator at Duke University, was riding in a Lyft driven by Alex Marroquia, 26. A Mercedes Benz driven by 41-year-old Gregory Allan Coley was speeding when it crashed into the back of Marroquia’s Lyft vehicle. It hit a guardrail in the median, and … Read more

A head-on crash involving three vehicles left one Vermont man dead just outside of Lumberton, NC, on Monday, July 26.

North Carolina Highway Patrol (NCHP) reports the wreck happened about 10:40 PM, around 1.5 miles south of Lumberton and .6 miles south of McDonald Road. Dimitri N. Boytchev, of Williston, Vermont, was driving a 2013 Volkswagon passenger car in a northbound lane. 

Meanwhile, a 2020 Kia passenger vehicle operated by 36-year-old Adrian Styers, of Rowland, was traveling in the left … Read more

One man is dead and another injured after their vehicle was struck by a driver attempting to evade police in Haywood County, NC.

Authorities say the crash happened around 9 PM on July 22.  A Haywood County Sheriff’s deputy noticed Dalton Suttles, 20, driving on N.C. 209. After confirming that Suttles had several existing felony warrants, the deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Suttles kept driving and eventually swerved into the oncoming traffic lane, at which point the police … Read more

One man is dead and another has been arrested after a deadly two-car collision in Guilford County, NC, on Wednesday, July 21.

Authorities say the accident happened on U.S. 29 near N.C. 150 at 8:33 a.m. Rodney Patrick Small, 45, of Greensboro, was driving north in a car. At the same time, LaCourtnee James Fitzgerald, 29, of Reidsville, was moving south in an SUV. Small’s vehicle crossed the median and struck the SUV head-on.

Sadly, Fitzgerald died at the scene.… Read more

A motorcycle and truck collision in Columbia, SC left one man dead and a passenger injured after a truck turned in front of the bike on Monday, July 12.

Authorities say the accident happened at the intersection of U.S. 378/Garners Ferry Road and Lower Richland Boulevard around 2:15 p.m.  A truck was attempting to turn left onto Lower Richland Boulevard when the driver failed to yield, causing the motorcycle to hit the truck. Sadly, the motorcycle’s driver, 42-year-old Anthony H. … Read more