by Beth | May 8, 2010 | Car accident, News
A lack of manpower in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Enforcement Section means that many tractor trailer trucks are running illegally on North Carolina roads and highways. North Carolina currently ranks sixth (6th) in the nation for truck...
by Beth | May 6, 2010 | Bicycle accident, News
On October 13, 2005, a young man road his bicycle on the side of a rural North Carolina highway from his cousin’s house back to his own home. At the same time, a truck driver had been driving his tractor trailer for 23 hours in a row and was heading back to the...
by Beth | Apr 27, 2010 | Bus accident, News
Ralph Terry Dowdle had a history of minor traffic accidents in his bus prior to the serious crash he caused on Saturday, April 17, 2010 in downtown Asheville. The attached video shows the bus driver slumping over to his right just a few moments before the bus veers...
by Beth | Apr 25, 2010 | News
On Saturday morning, April 24, 2010, I met the President of the United States in my own backyard! When we got up that morning around 7:30am, we noticed some unusual activity on the Grove Park Inn golf course that backs up to our house. There were the black...
by Beth | Apr 20, 2010 | Bus accident, News
Last Saturday morning, an Asheville bus driver, Ralph Terry Dowdle, ran off of College Street, up onto the sidewalk, and struck a woman who was entering the Mediterranean Restaurant. After striking the woman, the bus continued to collide with the entrances of several...
