Category Archives: Car Accident
Traffic Lights Save Lives
The identifying feature of the terrible twos is that children have learned to talk enough that they want to say “no” to everything. You know that children are starting to grow out of that phase when they begin to notice rules and patterns in the world around them. Traffic lights are often an early… Read More »
Beware Of Deadly Curves In The Road
Some cities are laid out on a grid pattern, while others follow the shape of their natural features. Grid pattern cities may be more welcome to novice drivers, and they certainly are easier for self-driving vehicles, if and when these become a constant presence in populated areas. Meanwhile, the places that conform to natural… Read More »
Car Accidents On And Near Bridges
When you are a child, riding in a car as it crosses a bridge is exhilarating. You feel like you are flying. When you are the one driving, it is not nearly as much fun, as you are acutely aware of the dangers. It seems more obvious that, if something goes wrong, there is… Read More »
What If The Police Report Makes It Sound Like You Bear More Fault For The Accident Than You Do?
The police report is the least of your worries after a car accident. You are more concerned about the visit to the emergency room, even if you feel like you are not hurt. If you go, you will get a big bill, perhaps only for the doctor to tell you that you seem fine… Read More »
Elderly Driver Dies After Car Crashes Into Lagoon On Hilton Head Island
The only thing scarier than thinking about your teen son or daughter driving is thinking about your elderly parents driving. Having a driver’s license and a car means that you have independence. Even though Americans are first applying for driver’s licenses at a later age, on average, than they did a generation ago, some… Read More »
Recent Accidents In Horry County
If you only know Myrtle Beach from the promotion materials that Google and Facebook start making sure you see once you join the AARP, but long-term care insurance, or do something else that only old folks do, then your mental image is probably that Myrtle Beach is an idyllic Sun Belt town, full of… Read More »
Beware Of Left Turns
When you are in a hurry, left turn lanes get on your nerves. If the turn lane is empty, there are invariably so many cars in front of you in the lane that is going straight, stopped at a red light while the cars in the turn lanes turn, that you cannot merge into… Read More »
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 »