Traffic
Pickups Collide At Busy Clayton Intersection
There were only minor injuries but major damage to at least one of two pickup trucks which collided at the intersection of Covered Bridge and Shotwell Roads in Clayton on…
DWI Suspect Indicted For Causing Head-On Collision On US 70
A Johnston County Grand Jury has indicted a motorist on charges stemming from a head-on collision earlier this year on the Highway 70 Clayton Bypass just east of Cornwallis Road.…
Driver Killed In Benson Area Wreck
The State Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning fatal wreck in southern Johnston County. The accident was reported at 4:01am today (Monday) in the 2900 block of Highway 242 South…
Driver Seriously Injured Avoiding Stopped School Bus
Smithfield Police are investigating a single vehicle accident that seriously injured a teenage driver. Emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle accident at 6:44am on Monday, Dec. 9th on Highway 301…
1 Person Dead Following Shooting, Car Crash
CLAYTON – Law enforcement officers responded to two different locations Thursday afternoon following a shooting and car crash. One person is dead and the search for possible suspects is underway.…
Wheel From Tractor Trailer Strikes SUV Windshield, Seriously Injuring Driver
Traffic was heavily congested on Interstate 95 Tuesday afternoon, after a southbound tractor trailer lost a wheel-and-tire assembly which bounced over the center median cables and slammed into the windshield…
Charges Filed In Deadly Crash
The State Highway Patrol has filed charges against a Selma man they said caused a deadly crash around 2:30pm Sunday on Highway 222 less than a mile from the Kenly…
NC 222 Crash Claims Life Of Kenly Woman
A Kenly woman was killed and her two children injured in a traffic collision Sunday afternoon around 2:30pm on Highway 222 less than a mile from the Kenly city limits.…
Johnston County Bridge Project Requires Road Closure
Closure will start Monday, Dec. 2 A section of Winston Road between Interstate 40 and Clayton will close this week so crews can demolish and replace a bridge. The bridge…
Emissions Inspections Exempts 20-Year Old Vehicles Starting Dec. 1
Beginning Dec. 1, North Carolina’s vehicle inspections requirement will exempt vehicles 20 years old from obtaining a yearly emissions test in the 22 counties which emissions testing is required. For…
Federal Road Accident Victim Identified
Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed in a crash Tuesday morning on Federal Road near Benson. 48 year-old Ramon Alejandro Ponce Luna, 48, of Buffaloe…
Driver Killed In Benson-Area Crash
BENSON – One person was killed when a pickup truck ran off the roadway and slammed into a tree. The single vehicle wreck was reported around 6:15 this morning (Tuesday)…
