Posts tagged alcohol

• Woman sentenced in connection to crash that killed 3

  Pierce Egerton | December 16, 2011 12:09 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With the holiday season come parties, and with parties often comes alcohol. What appears to be the final chapter in the story of a terrible accident serves as a reminder that responsibility...

• DWI/DUI Accident Proves Necessity of North Carolina’s ‘Booze It & Lose It’ Campaign

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 06, 2011 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The news could be funny if it weren't so serious. Shortly before 3 am on December 4, 2011, a drunk 21-year-old North Carolina (NC) man slammed his Chevy Camaro into a police bus being use as...

• Binge-in-a-Can Drink, Four Loko, Gets Slap on Wrist from Feds

  Pierce Egerton | November 27, 2011 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a settlement with Phusion Projects, LLC, regarding claims that it engaged in deceptive marketing of its flavored malt beverage, Four...

• Commercial Liability an Effective Strategy to Reduce Alcohol-Related Problems

  Pierce Egerton | August 11, 2011 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Holding alcohol retailers liable for injuries or damage done by their intoxicated customers can reduce motor vehicle deaths, homicides, injuries, and other alcohol-related problems, according to the...

• Two men die in school bus crash near Greensboro, N.C.

  Lawrence Egerton | May 18, 2011 5:58 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The tragic deaths of two young men who crashed into the back of a school bus Tuesday morning, May 17, may have involved two of the most serious dangers threatening drivers today: alcohol and...

• What lessons can we learn from Charlie Sheen?

  Michael Lewis | February 26, 2011 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsWinston-Salem, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Reading the recent news about Charlie Sheen, America’s highest paid actor, I felt enormous sadness. Earning the startling sum of 2 million dollars per episode, would seem to eliminate most...

• NC Winter-Weather Related Accidents, Deaths

  Lawrence Egerton | December 28, 2010 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  North Carolina residents experienced a historic Christmas Day snowfall this year with snow hitting the ground in each of 100 counties in amounts ranging from a trace to 18 inches. Sadly, several...

• “Booze It & Lose It: Operation Firecracker” Turns Up Nearly 1,300 DWI Citations in North Carolina

  Pierce Egerton | July 27, 2010 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program recently published the results of a campaign against driving while impaired that took place statewide in North Carolina between June 28 and July 4,...

• UPDATE: Police Charge Two with Aiding Underage Drinking in Fatal Crash

  Pierce Egerton | July 21, 2010 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Three young people lost their lives in Brown Summit, North Carolina on February 13, 2010 when Amanda Sperduti, now 21, of Winston-Salem crashed the vehicle she was reportedly driving at 90 mph....

• UPDATE: Wrong Way Wreck Ends in Two Deaths in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  Pierce Egerton | June 24, 2010 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I recently posted a blog about a fatal, head-on collision that occurred during the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. New information has been...