Category Archives: Car Accident
North Charleston Man Dies In Wrong Way Collision
Early one morning in December 2025, Carl Broadwell east on Dorchester Road in North Charleston. For reasons that no one has figured out, Broadwell’s car crossed the center line into the westbound lanes. He collided head on with a car that was driving west. First responders transported Broadwell to the hospital, where he died… Read More »
Beware Of Icy Roads
Snow and ice are not as unusual in South Carolina as they are in some states that have an ever-increasing population of alligators and retirees. Your grandparents might speak fondly of frosty mornings in their childhood, when they put on their heavy coats and boots and trod carefully toward the henhouse to collect eggs,… Read More »
Car Catches Fire In Single Vehicle Collision In Pickens County
Just after midnight one night in the final weekend of 2025, a driver lost control of the car on West Queen Street in Pendleton. The car veered off the road, fell down an embankment, and crashed into a tree before catching fire. The driver was trapped in the car but was unable to call… Read More »
Do Car Accident Settlements Pay For Chiropractic?
If your family gatherings tend to devolve into shouting matches as family members voice their grudges over past slights or bicker about politics, then you probably have an arsenal of conversation topics that are unlikely to turn contentious. Perhaps you can bond over a favorite sports team or how cute it is when the… Read More »
South Carolina’s Icy Nightmare
If your only knowledge of South Carolina came from recent news coverage, you would never guess that it was part of the Sun Belt, a place where retirees settle to escape the winter weather, where gators mosey across golf courses. This winter has shown just how snowy South Carolina can be. Even though South… Read More »
What Is Worse, Entrapment Or Ejection?
During morning rush hour, as South Carolina’s roads were still reeling from Winter Storm Fern, two cars collided on Highway 90 in Horry County, near Highway 22. Both drivers got trapped in their cars, and rescue crews had to use heavy cutting tools to open the vehicles and extract the drivers. Both of them… Read More »
Four People Killed In Three Accidents During Holiday Weekend
Long weekends in the summer tend to be peak times for motor vehicle accidents. When people have more than two days between shifts at work, they are more likely to go on road trips, and when the weather is warm, people are keen on outdoor recreation. Likewise, Memorial Day weekend and the Fourth of… Read More »
The Dangers Of Icy Roads In South Carolina
By some definitions, South Carolina counts as part of the Sun Belt. When people choose South Carolina as a retirement destination or as the location of a winter beach vacation, destination wedding, or bachelorette party, the mild weather is usually one of the reasons. The American alligator, a subtropical species, has a robust population… Read More »
Lane Change Accidents Are Not Always Minor
Changing lanes is a common cause of accidents for inexperienced drivers. It takes practice to get used to where your car’s blind spots are and to build the habit of looking in all your car’s mirrors before you change lanes. Speeding up before you change lanes is counterintuitive after you spent your previous driver’s… Read More »
Driver Who Caused Fatal Collision In 2020 Gets Prison Sentence
One of the principles of law in the United States is that no one should be unfairly punished; penalties should not be disproportionate to the crimes, such as the incident in the beginning of the novel Les Miserables, where a man in early 19th century France receives a years-long prison sentence for stealing a… Read More »