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A 23-year-old driver and a 20-year-old passenger in a Ford Mustang were killed in a car crash on U.S. 221 just four miles north of Marion in North Carolina (NC). Reports indicate the driver was going 75mph in a 50mph zone and lost control of the car on wet pavement, according to the citizen-times.
The Mustang wound up hitting a '06 Chrysler and the two people in that car were seriously injured. Both are receiving treatment at Mission Hospital.
My sympathies go out to the friends and family members of the two young men who died in this accident. Any loss of life is tragic, but it has to be especially painful when someone dies so young and has their whole life ahead of them.
Let's hope this tragic accident sends a signal to drivers that speeding is simply unacceptable and the consequences can be devastating. There are two families now grieving the loss of a loved one; parents struggling with the death of a child, because of speeding.
There were 33,963 car accident deaths in the United States in 2009, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Over 1,400 of those deaths occurred in North Carolina with 475 deemed "speeding related." Granted, that number is down from 622 in 2008, but we need to continue this progress and stress the importance of maintaining a proper speed while on the road. 475 North Carolinians killed due to speeding is 475 too many.
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.
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