PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – One person was airlifted and another taken to hospital by ambulance after a head-on collision between a car and a pick-up truck on U.S. Hwy 421, about 10 miles from Burgaw, around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.State Highway Patrol believe the car that was heading south tried to pass another vehicle and

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The Wilmington Police Department has announced that a person died at the scene of a traffic collision on Tuesday, November 1 at around 10 p.m.“WPD units responded to a traffic collision in the 700 block of S. College Rd. Two vehicles collided, leaving one person with severe injuries. Sadly, that individual

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – A collision report from the North Carolina Highway Patrol details some of the events that may have contributed to an accident in a Wilmington Chick-fil-A parking lot. Many people found out about the crash through social media, after a video taken by another customer in the drive-thru was posted

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – The N.C. State Highway Patrol has announced the arrest of a woman in connection to a hit-and-run vehicle collision involving a juvenile on a bicycle.According to the SHP, the hit-and-run collision occurred on NC 87 (River Road SE) near Dosher Cutoff SE near Southport at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Jan.

LELAND, NC (WECT) – Officials with the State Highway Patrol have identified the man killed in a head-on collision in Leland Tuesday night.According to First Sgt. Troy Pope, Elijah Barron, 34, of Leland was driving northbound on Mount Misery Road near Dogwood Road at around 5:41 p.m. when traveled left of center and hit a

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