Traffic
Oops! 15 Year-Old Crashes Into Sign While Learning To Drive
SMITHFIELD – A 15 year-old learning how to drive with her father ended up crashing their family car into a sign in Downtown Smithfield. Police said the crash happened at 6:45pm…
Car Accident Causes Power Outage
CLAYTON – About 2,500 Clayton Public Power customers were out for more than 6 hours last night after a car accident took out a power pole on Glen Laurel Road.…
March 2020 NC DOT Road Additions
Johnston County Commissioners approved the following roads to the NC Department of Transportation State Maintained System this month: Moss Landing Drive and Stone Bank Circle – River Run Subdivision –…
Driver Charged In Fatal Motorcycle Collision
BENSON – Death by motor vehicle charges have been filed against the driver of a car that state troopers said caused a fatal crash with a motorcycle. It happened at…
Duplin County I-40 Ramp Closing For Rehab
Warsaw – A ramp onto Interstate 40 is scheduled to temporarily close in Duplin County. Crews plan to close the ramp from N.C. 24 onto I-40 West at 8 a.m. Tuesday,…
Smithfield Street Resurfacing Bid Awarded
Approximately 1.2 miles of city streets will be repaved this year under a street resurfacing contract approved this month by the Smithfield Town Council. Nine companies bid on the project.…
State Trooper Dies In Traffic Collision
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is mourning the loss of one of its members from a traffic collision in Wayne County. Trooper Nolan J. Sanders, a five-year veteran of…
Motorcyclist Injured In Collision
BENSON – A motorcyclist was transported to the hospital following a traffic accident Friday afternoon outside of Benson. Johnston and Harnett County emergency crews responded to a collision involving a…
I-95 Traffic Stop Results In Largest Meth Seizure In Nash County History
ROCKY MOUNT – This morning (Thursday), members of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office Governors Highway Safety Team conducted a traffic stop on I-95. The car, occupied by a man and…
Speeding Driver Arrested For DWI
A Brunswick County woman was arrested for speeding and driving while impaired Saturday night on Highway 701 about three miles south of Four Oaks. A Johnston County SAFE Team deputy…
Family Of 4 Injured In I-95 Crash
FOUR OAKS – A Maryland family of four was fortunate to suffer only minor injuries in a Sunday afternoon crash on Interstate 95 near Four Oaks. According to the NC…
Wild Turkey Strikes Car
WILSON’S MILLS – A couple passing through Johnston County, as they drove from Kinston to Cullowee, on Monday afternoon was fortunate to only suffer a broken window and small cuts…
