1/31/2013 11:00:35 AM

^^ I'm sorry to hear that... very sad story

2/4/2013 1:54:48 PM

^^ i loled

2/5/2013 9:43:11 AM

Driver charged in fatal I-40 crash in Durham
Feb 17, 2013 12:14 p.m.


Durham, N.C.—Durham police have charged a High Point man with driving while impaired in a two-car crash early Sunday that killed one person.

Police said Raul Herrera, 31, swerved into the back of a Nissan Maxima around 3:40 a.m. on Interstate 40 East near N.C. Highway 54. The impact sent both cars off the road, where they overturned.

The driver of the Maxima, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Herrera was taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. He faces one count of driving while impaired, and the crash remains under investigation.

There were no passengers in either vehicle.

Interstate 40 East was closed for more than four hours while authorities investigated the wreck, which does not appear to be weather-related.

Web Editor: Bridget Whelan

2/17/2013 12:51:09 PM

Guy was a Nashville comedian my bf knew. . Guy just got married back in October and was getting back into life again. Fucked up shit

2/17/2013 10:21:24 PM

I think it is interesting that chemical toxicity increases responsibility while driving, yet sex completely reverses it.

Have a beer and decide to drive? DIE SCUMBAG LETS RUIN ANOTHER LIFE

Have a beer and decide to bang? OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF LIKE THAT, I HOPE HE DIES.

2/17/2013 11:59:16 PM

this is the comedian that was killed in that accident on Sunday

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Comedian-Brian-E-Kiley/253778349191

2/20/2013 9:51:03 AM

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"SPENCER, N.C. — Authorities in Spencer say the driver of an SUV involved in a crash that killed her and five other people was legally drunk at the time of the wreck. Spencer Police Chief M.T. James say blood alcohol samples results were .13 percent and .14 percent for Angela M. Dunlap. The legal limit for drinking and driving in North Carolina is .08 percent. Authorities previously had said the 28-year-old originally was traveling 67 mph in a zone where the posted limit is 30 mph. Police say the SUV was traveling about 57 mph when it hit a small tree Jan. 18. The car then struck a larger tree and burst into flames. Speed calculations were obtained from the vehicle's onboard computer that records crash data."

2/21/2013 9:10:59 PM

What a travesty.

2/21/2013 9:58:12 PM

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"North Carolina troopers say a 24-year-old New Bern woman has been charged with driving while intoxicated in a crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter. Authorities said Amber Sandvig crossed the center line Friday while driving near New Bern and hit an SUV head on. Troopers say Sandvig's daughter was wearing a lap belt, but not the shoulder strap of her seat belt. She died a short time after the wreck at the hospital. Authorities say Sandvig was taken by helicopter to a hospital. Prosecutors and troopers are considering additional charges. It isn't known if she has an attorney. The driver of the SUV, her 32-year-old passenger and Sandvig's 2-year-old son also were taken to the hospital. Their conditions were not known."

2/25/2013 9:31:18 AM

^ Freaking depressing.

2/25/2013 4:01:42 PM

question:

Would you be willing to accept a transition to all new cars having this type of seat belt if it was scientifically proven to reduce traffic deaths?

2/27/2013 8:58:08 AM

I have never really had a problem with seat-belts, they seem preferable to being thrown at high velocity through a glass window and out in to a tree or on to a road surface, etc.

2/27/2013 9:05:52 AM

^ but the point is that seat belts are less safe than they could be. Not only could they be made more safe, but they could be made more safe very cheaply.

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"they seem preferable to being thrown at high velocity through a glass window and out in to a tree or on to a road surface"

Yes, you have established that wearing a seat belt (any seat belt for that matter) is safer than wearing none.

2/27/2013 9:09:16 AM

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"Would you be willing to accept a transition to all new cars having this type of seat belt if it was scientifically proven to reduce traffic deaths?"

Instinctively, yes. That said, there has been some research showing that seat belt laws actually cause an increase in risky behavior, and it would seem like such an effect could be seen with new seat belts like these. Overall, though, research seems to show a significant in decrease in serious injuries and fatalities so that probably outweighs the behavioral change.

I'm more concerned personally with changing the way we design roads. We can put a 35 MPH speed limit on a road, but if it has been designed with 15 foot wide lanes and long straightaways that make driving 80 MPH feel comfortable, what does anyone expect to happen? With sober drivers this makes behavior more dangerous. I wonder if it is the same way with drunk drivers. I would be interesting in seeing some sort of study on that looking at characteristics of roads that have drunk driving fatalities and serious injuries (I know that they are often in rural areas).

2/27/2013 9:56:23 AM

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"That said, there has been some research showing that seat belt laws actually cause an increase in risky behavior"

Curious as the reasoning behind this.

2/27/2013 9:58:46 AM

Risk compensation. Every person has a certain level of risk that they are willing to accept in any activity. Things like seat belts, air bags, etc may make a driver more willing to accept a little more risk; maybe they drive a little faster, follow a little closer, or take a turn a little tighter.

That is obviously not to say that we shouldn't be embracing safety improvements, but it is an interesting effect.

The same thing has been seen in studies involving bicyclists. One study found that drivers give cyclists without helmets on average 8.5 cm more space when passing than those with helmets. Taking it a step further, they gave on average 14 cm more when the cyclist was wearing a long blonde wig! The driver perceives less risk when passing what they perceive to be the least vulnerable seeming user, a man wearing a helmet, and the most risk when passing the perceived most vulnerable, a woman without a helmet.

2/27/2013 10:06:27 AM

That's makes sense. I really think that we're not advanced enough of a society to have intelligent risk management conversations.

As a matter of risk-oriented discussion, I ask the above question about seat belts. But then I propose that instead leaving the cost of the car unchanged, we could install the safer seat belts while lessening the engineering in other safety systems, thereby lowering the total cost while keeping the safety rating the exact same. I then ask the person if they'd rather accept the lower cost, or forgo the lower cost and just have a safer car.

My prediction was that most people would accept the lower cost, but so far people have opted for the increased safety instead.

2/27/2013 10:38:46 AM

Drunk Drivers are even safer with seat-belts on.

2/27/2013 1:15:36 PM

I'm waiting for the day cars are governed to 85mph top speed.

2/27/2013 7:33:20 PM

The 55 mph federal speed limit was the best thing the government ever did. It will be back as soon as the next gas crisis hits in the next year or two.

3/2/2013 9:25:23 PM

Oh hell no.

The speed limit should be 70 on all freeways, 80 on the straight ones.

3/3/2013 10:44:05 PM

http://www.wral.com/vehicle-crashes-into-store-wrecks-american-dream-/12178373/

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"Durham, N.C. — The owners of a beauty supply store in downtown Durham have a mess to clean up after a sport utility vehicle crashed into the business early Monday. Durham police officers arrived shortly before 2 a.m. to Hairizon Beauty Oasis on West Main Street to find the driver still inside his 2000 Chevrolet Blazer, which had smashed through the front of the store. He was hospitalized with serious injuries. Police said the driver, who was not immediately identified, was intoxicated and had been in another crash about 10 minutes earlier. The first wreck was a hit-and-run at the intersection of Liberty Street and Miami Boulevard. He was going the wrong way on Morris Street when he crossed West main and rammed into the store, police said. The man was charged with driving while impaired, driving while license revoked and going the wrong way on a one-way street. Store owner Valerie Jackson said she was awakened by a 2 a.m. phone call from the fire department. The news was a shock for Jackson, who opened the business with her daughter two years ago. “We really believed in the American dream,” she said. “We wanted to promote small business in Durham.” The mother-daughter team saved up and sacrificed to open the business, and they recently received an $11,000 grant from the city to help spur growth. “We were excited about moving to the next level with our store,” Jackson said. “It will come – it’s just not going to be as soon as we thought.” The salon is adjacent to other businesses, but it appeared the neighboring stores sustained little or no damage."

3/4/2013 12:00:52 PM

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"Hairizon Beauty Oasis"

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3/4/2013 12:02:43 PM

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"JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - A Jonesboro, AR woman was arrested on DWI charges after police say she slammed into a mobile home then tried to leave the scene of the accident in a child's battery-operated truck. Jamie Jeanette Craft, 29, is also charged with public intoxication, refusal to submit, disorderly conduct, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked. Just 5:30 p.m. Sunday officers were called to 4303 Aggie Road. According to a witness, Craft was traveling at a "high rate of speed" when her 2001 Pontiac Grand Am rounded a corner and hit the under panel of his trailer. Another witness told police that Craft, who was dressed in a white sweat shirt with no pants or shoes on, began yelling at him. According to the police report, she grabbed the man's daughter and got into his son's Power Wheels truck. The man told police he grabbed his children and took them to his parent's house. When he came back out he said Craft was still in the toy truck "trying to drive it." After he and his father made her get out of the truck, the man told police she began yelling and walked to her mother's house. That's where police found her when they arrived. They say she was also "irate and very intoxicated." Officer Scott Byrd administered a portable breathalyzer test to Craft. "Because she could barely stand," he and Officer Cody Coley had to hold her shoulders "so that she would not fall over," according to Byrd's report. Byrd reported the PBT gave a reading of .217 blood alcohol content, which is nearly three times the legal limit. During the investigation, Officer Coley reported Craft "started to yell and scream." She continued to scream after she was placed into custody and began to kick the door of his police car, he reported. According to the report, Craft continued to be very disorderly and uncooperative once she arrived at Craighead County Detention Center, according to the report. Craft was left at the jail in lieu of $2,067 surety bond."

3/5/2013 2:10:52 PM

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"Police say the suspect in a horrific hit-and-run crash that killed a young New York couple and their baby served time for manslaughter and was charged with DWI just last month. Authorities are still searching for 44-year-old Julio Acevedo, who police say ran away from the crash that killed Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, and their son, who died at a hospital after being delivered by caesarean section. Police say Acevedo was barreling down a residential street in a BMW at 60 mph, twice the speed limit, early Sunday when he collided with a taxi taking the couple to the hospital. The death of the newborn on Monday piled tragedy upon tragedy and compounded the community's grief. The baby was buried near the fresh graves of his parents, according to Isaac Abraham, a spokesman for the Hasidic Jewish community. About a thousand community members turned out for the young couple's funeral a day earlier. "The mood in the neighborhood is very heavy," said Oscar Sabel, a retired printer who lives near the scene of the accident. "We all hoped the baby would survive." Acevedo was arrested last month on a charge of driving while under the influence, and the case is pending. He served about a decade in prison in the 1990s for manslaughter after he was convicted of shooting Kelvin Martin, a Brooklyn criminal whose moniker "50 Cent" was the inspiration for rapper Curtis Jackson's current stage name. No one answered the door at Acevedo's last known address, in a public housing complex in Brooklyn. Neighbors said his mother lived in the same building, but she did not answer her door. "We in the community are demanding that the prosecutor charge the driver of BMW that caused the death of this couple and infant be charged with triple homicide; this coward left the scene of the accident not even bothering to check on the people of the other car," Abraham said according to MyFoxNY.com. Brooklyn is home to the largest community of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000. The couple wed last year in a marriage arranged through a matchmaker and were living in the Williamsburg neighborhood. They were members of the Satmar Hasidic sect, whose men dress in dark coats and hats, wear long beards like their Eastern European ancestors and have limited dealings with the outside world. Raizy Glauber grew up in a prominent rabbinical family. Her husband was studying at a rabbinical college; his family founded a line of clothing for Orthodox Jews. Sabel, dressed in the traditional long black coat of the Satmar, said it was a terrible tragedy. "But it's what God wants," he said. "Maybe the baby's death, and his parents', is not for nothing; God doesn't have to give us answers." Shortly after midnight Sunday, Raizy Glauber, who was seven months pregnant, wasn't feeling well, so the couple decided to go to the hospital, said Sara Glauber, Nachman Glauber's cousin. They called a livery cab, a hired car that is arranged via telephone, not hailed off the street like a yellow cab. The livery cab had a stop sign, but it's not clear if the driver stopped. Police said the crash with the BMW reduced the cab to a crumpled heap, and Raizy Glauber was thrown from the wreck. The engine ended up in the back seat, Abraham said. The baby weighed only about 4 pounds when he was delivered, neighbors and friends said. He died of extreme prematurity, the city medical examiner's office said. The driver of the livery cab, Pedro Nunez Delacruz, was knocked unconscious but was not seriously hurt. His vehicle should not have been sent to pick up the passengers because an application to use the Toyota as a livery cab had not yet been approved, the city Taxi and Limousine Commission said. How Acevedo came to possess the BMW is also under investigation. The registered owner, Takia Walker, was arrested on insurance fraud charges Sunday in a scam involving the car, police said. She was not involved in the crash. A telephone number registered to Walker rang unanswered. A person familiar with the investigation said Walker bought the car legally, or allowed her identification to be used in the purchase, then gave the vehicle to a middleman who either lent or rented it out to the driver. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. No one answered the door at Acevedo's last known address, in a public housing complex in Brooklyn. Neighbors said his mother lived in the same building, but she did not answer her door. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/05/suspect-in-hit-and-run-crash-that-killed-expectant-couple-has-dwi-manslaughter/?test=latestnews#ixzz2MhEFemKv"

3/5/2013 2:43:24 PM

what a piece of shit

3/5/2013 3:08:19 PM

Lol some girl at a house show saturday stole her parents care, she got really drunk and it broke down and now she's in jail. lololololololol

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3/11/2013 12:38:59 PM

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"CUMBERLAND COUNTY (WTVD) -- A Cumberland County woman is facing charges after authorities say she drove while under the influence with her children in the car and filed a false police report. Deputies said 23-year-old Karra Shanae Jones of Hope Mills called 911 Thursday morning to report that her 5-year-old daughter was taken from her car while she was inside a Kangaroo convenience store. When officials arrived at the store on Camden and Natal roads around 8:30 a.m., they found Jones' other child inside the vehicle unharmed. Deputies, along with a K9 team, began searching the area for the girl. She was later found at a day care, where her mother had dropped her off minutes before calling 911 about the disappearance. Jones has been charged with child endangerment, DUI and misuse of the 911 communications system. She is currently at the Cumberland County Detention Center."

3/14/2013 11:41:56 AM

http://www.wral.com/raleigh-wrong-way-dwi-wreck-leaves-two-dead/12234447/

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"Raleigh, N.C. — Charges are expected against a Raleigh man in a wrong-way wreck that killed two people Sunday afternoon, police said. According to a wreck report, Ray Norman Rouse IV was going the wrong way in an eastbound lane of Wade Avenue when he struck a car driven by Ormond Jackson Bailey shortly before 1:15 p.m. Bailey and his passenger, Gaynell Batton Bailey, were taked to WakeMed, where they died, police said. Rouse was also taken to WakeMed, where he was listed in critical condition Sunday night. Once he is out of the hospital, police said, he will be charged with driving while impaired and driving the wrong way on a dual lane highway."

3/18/2013 7:03:45 AM

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"1:15 p.m."

Sad

3/18/2013 8:48:43 AM

How you can hit someone driving the wrong way on the highway if its not insanely high traffic or raining? Wade ave>I40 is like straight as fuck, how could you not see?

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3/18/2013 9:02:35 AM

It's right there at capital... Not the best road design and not really straight. Dude was drunk though.

3/18/2013 9:22:44 AM

Wade is a 4 lane road with a small concrete median at that point. Happened just outside the house yesterday afternoon. They had the road closed for a little over 3 hours too.

Apparently the guy has had previous DUIs that were dropped too. Hope he gets some good time finally.

3/18/2013 9:42:08 AM

https://www.facebook.com/rayrouseiv

3/18/2013 11:01:53 AM

Oh I thought this said on wade towards 40 like beyond whole foods

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3/18/2013 11:08:43 AM

dvd co-director at ed mckays

studied psychology at UNC-Ch

looks like his dad may be on the board of visitors at state.

3/18/2013 11:44:59 AM

wow

3/18/2013 12:13:16 PM

It was one of those wrecks that you drive by and think "yeah, whoever was in that seat is probably dead now". They probably hit completely straight-on.

3/18/2013 12:56:50 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9031634&rss=rss-wtvd-article-9031634&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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"RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The man accused of causing a head-on collision Sunday that claimed the lives of an elderly couple was interviewed by ABC11 in 2012, and had an anti-drunk driving message on St. Patrick's Day. Ray Rouse IV, now 34, spoke with ABC11's Anthony Wilson during the 2012 Raleigh St. Patrick's Day parade. He and a friend were giving out beads and the friend said they hoped people wouldn't drink and drive. "Especially on St. Patrick's Day, which is a beer drinking time," Rouse offered. Police say they intend to charge Rouse with DWI and other charges as soon as he's released from the hospital. He was hurt around 1:15 p.m. Sunday when investigators say he was driving the wrong way down Wade Avenue and his car collided head-on with another vehicle. Related Content STORY: Two killed in Raleigh wrong-way accident The occupants of the second car - 83-year-old Ormond Bailey and 79-year-old Gaynell Bailey - were both killed. According to court records, Rouse was convicted of DWI in September 2001 and sentenced to probation. He was again charged with DWI in 2006, but the case was dismissed."

[Edited on March 18, 2013 at 2:28 PM. Reason : Story]

3/18/2013 2:19:44 PM

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"He and a friend were giving out beads and the friend said they hoped people wouldn't drink and drive."

Was this part of some community service thing he was sentenced to after his previous DWI? Wouldn't surprise me.

3/18/2013 2:34:50 PM

I'm trying to place that picture, is that right before the railroad tracks? So he turned left off of N West St. and hit them between there and Filmore?

I've seen someone turn left off N West onto Wade before (although they were sober, immediately recognized their mistake, and quickly backed up)

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3/18/2013 2:38:07 PM

Odd thing about Drunk Driving. Many people that do it know its stupid, hence all the cops, judges, politicians, and many otherwise responsible people that get caught for DWI.

Wrong way drunk drivers are usually blacked out drunk and do not even recall making the decision to drive.

3/18/2013 2:39:29 PM

So he skated in 2006 And killed two people in 2013. I would be interested to see why the charges were dropped in the other one

3/18/2013 3:42:51 PM

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"I'm trying to place that picture, is that right before the railroad tracks? So he turned left off of N West St. and hit them between there and Filmore?"

Pretty sure that's right.

3/18/2013 4:05:02 PM

It's between the tracks and glenwood. The picture is taken on the side withe the townhouse

3/18/2013 4:32:04 PM

what if he had james crouch.

3/18/2013 5:35:42 PM

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"Odd thing about Drunk Driving. Many people that do it know its stupid, hence all the cops, judges, politicians, and many otherwise responsible people that get caught for DWI."

This makes my brain hurt.

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3/18/2013 5:40:13 PM

The punctuation or the comment?

3/18/2013 6:28:38 PM

this worthless fuck probably got off on two of the other DWI charges b/c he's got money

http://www.rnrouse.com/

3/18/2013 9:59:37 PM