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12/28/2009
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Pitt County Pick-Ups Collide Head-On Injuring Both Drivers

According to Pitt County authorities, two pickup trucks slammed into each other sending both drivers to Pitt Memorial Hospital for their injuries. Police indicated that the head-on collision happened on Hanrahan Road near White Line Road close to the town of Ayden, North Carolina (N.C.).

Upon arriving at the crash, first responder crews described the scene: one of the drivers outside of his truck which was on fire. Police reported that the driver of the other pickup truck was pinned inside and had to be rescued by pulling him out of the wreckage.

It still is not entirely clear who is to blame and exactly how the collision transpired. Indications are that 30 yr old George Harrington was driving the black truck and 41 yr old Keith Cox was in the white truck. East Care helicopter came to the scene; however, authorities decided to transport the drivers by ground to the hospital.

Frequently, the cause of lane-departure head-on collisions are driver distraction, sudden swerving to avoid debris or a stopped vehicle, falling asleep at the wheel, or unsafe passing.  Countless are the reasons a driver can become distracted, including texting and driving, talking on the cell phone, e-mailing on a blackberry, paying attention to children or other passengers, eating, and poor visibility due to sun or weather conditions. Obviously, drunk driving and driving under the influence can contribute to a driver losing control of their vehicle, drifting into oncoming traffic and striking a car head-on.  Our law firm has authored several special free safety reports, one is on distracted driving, and another has to do with car accidents involving uninsured or poorly insured drivers.

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Category: Carolina Car & Motorcycle Accidents

Labels: Ayden collision crash distracted driving head-on injury lawyer North Carolina pick up truck Pitt County Shapiro uninsured wreck

About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm whose attorneys focus on injury and accident law. We maintain office in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC), on East Elizabeth Street, and we have handled thousands of cases in which victims got hurt or killed in car, truck, train and motorcycle crashes caused by others' negligence or carelessness.

We serve every area of North Carolina, including Elizabeth City, Edenton, Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Greensboro, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Halifax, Northampton,  Greenville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden and the Outer Banks towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, Corolla, Currituck and Dare. In South Carolina, we cover the state from Myrtle Beach and Charleston to Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Rock Hill, Darlington, Aiken, Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg.

Firm attorneys Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, our firm has been named a North Carolina "Best Law Firm" for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.

We also offer free special reports on distracted driving and the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in North Carolina. 

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer free initial confidential injury case consultations. Call us toll-free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can get back to you.

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