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Apr182021 by Scott PelkeyNo Comments

Fish Falls From Sky, Hits Truck Windshield In Randleman (Video)

Local

Screenshot of video posted by Ward Transport on Twitter RANDLEMAN NC- Ward Transport, a trucking company with an office in Charlotte probably had a very strange conversation with their insurance company last week after a fish fell from the sky and smashed into the windshield of one of their trucks. On the afternoon of April 14th, Barry Poff, who has 34 years and more than 3 million miles under his belt had just finished a delivery in Randleman and was heading South on I-73/74 to his next delivery. As he crossed the Randleman Lake bridge a bird flew in front of the truck and dropped a rather large fish which smacked right into the truck's windshield. "I saw the bird carrying the fish and thought wow that's neat, and just then the fish hit the windshield. Said Poff. "It just happene...

10 Vehicles Involved In 3 Related Accidents On I-73

Traffic & Roads

ASHEBORO NC - A total of ten vehicles were involved in three separate, but related crashes, this morning on I-73 near Vision Drive. According to a press release by the NC Highway Patrol, at 6:19 AM on Monday, March 1st, 2021, troopers responded to I-73 near Vision Drive to a report of multiple vehicle accidents. According to an official statement, the incident started when Ronald Wheeler, 60, of Albemarle N.C., was traveling north in a 2012 Peterbilt tractor-trailer in the left lane. (Trexler Trucking, Inc. is listed as the registered owner). Deizer Hernandez, 27, of Biscoe N.C., was traveling north in a 2005 Nissan passenger car in the right lane. Wheeler attempted to change lanes and collided with Hernandez. After the impact, Hernandez lost control, traveled off the roadway to the...

Driver Adjusting Seat Loses Control, Goes On A Ride

News

ASHEBORO NC - Photos of a bizarre vehicle accident were shared across Facebook yesterday. The photos from 2 separate posts were shared hundreds of times show a vehicle that looks to be defying gravity standing almost vertically. The accident occurred Sunday, January 3rd just before 1:30 PM next to the KFC on Dixie Dr. According to an accident report by the Asheboro Police Department, 73-year-old Martha Gurgainus was traveling southbound on Cliff Rd next to the KFC, when she lost control of the vehicle and drove up onto a guidewire of a utility pole on E Dorsett Ave. The driver told police that she may have been going too fast and that she was attempting to re-adjust her seat when her foot hit the gas pedal, causing her vehicle to drive forward. Gurgainus was not injured in the accid...