The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires states to conduct annual seat belt surveys to qualify for federal highway safety money. North Carolina's rate first topped 90% in 2014 and ... Read More

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's investigating a fatal pedestrian accident, Tuesday evening. It happened in the 7500 block of Stonecroft Drive. As a result, Colony Road from Wakehurst ... Read More

The North Carolina Department of Labor is investigating an industrial accident that left a worker dead in Charlotte on Wednesday. Read More

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - One person is dead in a crash on South Blvd Thursday night, authorities say. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, the incident happened around 8:55 p.m. on ... Read More

North Carolina traffic safety officials try to ... said Christopher Casey master trooper with the N.C. State Highway Patrol. Gavin Off has been the Charlotte Observer's data reporter since ... Read More

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS ... on East W.T. Harris Blvd near Idlewild Road North. When officers arrived, they discovered an Infiniti vehicle and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus had each been ... Read More

A sixth-grader was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday morning in northwest Charlotte, local authorities say. The incident occurred just after 7 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in the 800 block of Gum Branch ... Read More

One person was seriously injured in a shooting in southwest Charlotte early Friday, Medic said. It happened around 3 a.m. along Nations Ford Road near Interstate 77. Medic said the victim was taken to ... Read More

A man who was seriously injured in a crash in south Charlotte last weekend died on Tuesday, detectives said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to a crash on Providence Road near Cherokee Road ... Read More

Traffic is backed up and an investigation is underway after one person was killed in a wreck on I-485 Inner in northeast Charlotte, Medic confirmed Thursday morning. The incident occurred before ... Read More

CHARLOTTE - A 19-year-old has died following a crash in south Charlotte Sunday evening, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. It occurred just before 6 p.m. on the 1300 block of ... Read More

A 53-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash just outside Uptown Charlotte early Monday, police said. The crash happened a little after 2 a.m. along North Caldwell Street near Belmont Avenue ... Read More

CHARLOTTE - A man has died after crashing his vehicle into a tree in east Charlotte early Sunday morning. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, the single-vehicle collision ... Read More

Speed is suspected following a deadly weekend wreck in east Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Tuesday. Officers responded to calls regarding the incident around 3:08 a.m. on Sunday near ... Read More

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a deadly crash in south Charlotte. Police state that vehicle crash occurred in the 1400 block of Tyvola Road. Read More

The incident occurred in the 1400 block of Tyvola Road. The road was closed between South Boulevard and Tyvola Drive. Medic says 1 person died as a result of the crash. Three others were ... Read More

A deadly crash is under investigation in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte on Saturday, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.Around 11 a.m., police announced a person had been ... Read More

A North Carolina man was talking on his cell phone ... High Point is about an 80-mile drive northeast from Charlotte. This story was originally published December 5, 2024, 6:00 AM. Read More

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OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - A North Carolina man is in jail after investigators said he shot a woman on the side of Interstate 85. According to Oconee County Sheriff's Office, Hakeeh Ha ... Read More