Car topples off ledge.

Date: 06/30/2012
Time: Around 04:15 P.M.
Location: Todd, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: Cadillac Coupe de Ville

By Kellen Moore - WataugaDemocrat

"A Todd woman found herself between a rock and a hard place Saturday after a wreck on the N.C. 105 Extension.

Joann Jones of Todd said she didn't know what caused her to run off the road in her 1983 Cadillac at about 4:15 p.m. Saturday, but the wreck left her car wedged between a brick wall and the BB&T building.

Jones said she was headed down the hill adjacent to the bank and preparing to merge into the turn lane when the wreck occurred.

Her sturdy gray Cadillac plowed through a metal railing beside the sidewalk and landed about 10 feet below on its passenger side.

Boone police, firefighters and medics quickly made their way to the scene, where the found Jones still in her vehicle but unhurt.

"They opened the door, and with their help, I climbed out," Jones said.

The accident damaged the vehicle and the brick wall but caused no damage to the bank building. A wrecker from Hampton's Body Shop pulled the vehicle up on its side before flipping it upright.

Police were still investigating the accident Saturday afternoon."

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Car Stuck Under 18-Wheeler, Trucker Ticketed in Rutherford County.

Date: 02/02/2012
Time: Around 9:45 P.M.
Location: near Cliffside, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: Semi truck, Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight

By: Noelle Kachinsky | WSPA-TV 

"Rutherford County, NC --

Around 9:45 Thursday night Troopers from the NC State Patrol
responded to Highway 221 in Rutherford County, about 1 ½ miles from the South
Carolina state line.
A 18 wheeler was traveling north and was delivering some
products to a local facility when it missed the entrance to the facility. The
driver of the 18 wheeler attempted to back down the highway in the southbound
lane and in doing so, the driver of a 1999 Oldsmobile sedan did not see the
truck in time and struck the rear axle and went underneath the truck.
The driver of the Oldsmobile was entrapped for a short
period of time and was alert and talking when he was transported by ambulance
to Rutherford Regional medical Center.
The driver of the 18 wheeler was cited with a safe moving
violation and driving left of center."

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1 dead in serious wreck in Foxcroft along Fairview Road.

Date: 02/02/2012
Time: Around 02:30 P.M.
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: BMW 328i, Acura TL

 By wbtv3 news

"CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A man died in a two-vehicle wreck Thursday afternoon on Fairview Road in south Charlotte.
The wreck happened at 2:33 pm at the intersection of Simsbury and Fairview, which is at the Foxcroft Shopping Center, about a mile from SouthPark Mall.
As of 5:20 pm, Fairview Road was reopened.
Police said that the wreck happened like this:
The driver of a 2007 BMW 328i, Wendy Kornegay, was stopped at the stop sign on Simsbury Road waiting to make a right turn onto Fairview Road when her vehicle was struck from behind by a 2008 Acura TL travelling at a high rate of speed.
The force of the impact pushed the woman's BMW into Fairview Road, but it was not struck by oncoming traffic.
The Acura TL continued across Fairview Road and collided into a tree alongside the road.
The driver of the Acura, (Name), 74, was pronounced deceased on scene, police said.   His family has been notified of his death.
Kornegay was evaluated by paramedics and was not taken to a hospital.
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2 killed, 2 injured in Alexander Co. crash.

Date: 10/07/2011
Time: Around 8:00 A.M.
Location: Taylorsville, North Carolina
Vehicle(s) Involved: Toyota 4Runner, Subaru Outback

By WSOCTV.com News

"Two people died and two others were seriously hurt in a Friday morning crash south of Taylorsville.
Troopers said they think the driver of a Subaru crossed the center line on Millersville Road and slammed into an SUV.Firefighters had to cut the roof off the station wagon to get the driver out.“The SUV lifted -- the tires came plum off the ground they hit so hard,” said witness Michael Stacy.There were three people in the SUV and one person in the Subaru.Stacy said he began praying as he ran to help after the crash.“The whole time before I got there, because I don't like seeing stuff like that, but I had no choice. Everybody was injured,” Stacy said. “(I) tried to get them to lay still and comfort them until someone got here.”Troopers said they are still trying to find out what caused the driver to cross into oncoming traffic."

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