A Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department officer was minorly injured in a car accident tonight. According to authorities, the police officer was on duty and driving an unmarked police car on the Billy Graham Parkway just after 7:30 p.m. when another vehicle drove across the median and hit the driver’s side door. The police officer was…
Two Charlotte-area residents have died in recent months as the result of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE. Carolinas HealthCare Systems has reported 18 cases, three of which were contracted during hospital stays. CRE is a virus which is highly resistant to antibiotics, and it has appeared in all but three states. CRE…
Periodically, the cases of individuals are highlighted to demonstrate the difficulties which sometimes arise as a result of the non-economic damages cap which exist in many states. Just last month, the case of a South Dakota woman was written about for this reason. The woman went to the hospital to undergo a procedure which would…
Typically, car accidents result in filing a claim under one or more auto insurance policies. Sometimes, the policy coverage of the person at fault in the accident does not cover all of the damages. In this case, you might be able to collect additionally under your own underinsured motorist coverage. This was the scenario in…
Bruce Jenner, former Olympic athlete turned reality TV star, was involved in a fatal car accident over the weekend. The details of the accident are still being investigated, but CNN.com reports that the accident occurred shortly after noon on Saturday. The chain of events began when a Toyota Prius suddenly slowed down or stopped, which…
On Wednesday, we looked at last weekend’s fatal accident which involved unexpected black ice on I-85. Yesterday, the Charlotte Observer reported that inspectors are studying the portion of I-85 on which the accident occurred. The man who died in Sunday’s early morning accident was not the only one who encountered the unexpected ice that morning.…
The Charlotte Observer reported that black ice was a factor in a fatal accident on I-85 last weekend. Early Sunday morning, around 2:30 a.m., a man was driving on I-85 in Gaston County. Troopers believe that after hitting black ice, the man lost control of his car and ran off the road. The car then…
It’s that time of year when winter weather can appear in our usually mild Charlotte. WSOC-TV forecasts a drop in temperatures over the course of the day, with temperatures falling below freezing overnight. With the light drizzle occurring today, along with forecasted freezing rain for early Wednesday morning, this weather might make for some difficult…