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Druggie causes wreck on 421

metal

Posted 1:48 pm, 08/22/2014

probably pills. just another pillbilly gone wild!

moving101

Posted 8:24 pm, 08/21/2014

Forever Cynic (view profile)

Posted 10:11 am, 08/21/2014

People have said many times that people on drugs aren't as dangerous as those that drink, so I thought this might be good for them to read. Impaired is impaired.
I just noticed... where is 421 East?

What type of drugs was the driver impaired by...meth, coke, prescription drugs, over-the-counter cold meds? I remember a case from a few years back where a driver caused a terrible accident because he was doped up on Nyquil.

Crypt

Posted 7:44 pm, 08/21/2014

I've already changed 421 to east and west and the dividing line is no longer the Yadkin but Hwy 115. So it is possible to be traveling east on US Hwy 421 west which makes sense to anyone except an outsider.

smalltownman

Posted 7:28 pm, 08/21/2014

I had to sit in that traffic for 40 minutes yesterday!
I called the HP to find out waht was going on and told dispatch I was tempted to cut the cables in the median to make a detour. Dispatch said that wouldn't be a good idea. Who says POPO's don't have a sense of humor?

metal

Posted 4:33 pm, 08/21/2014

everybodys high on something.,....lol toke toke pass!

GoWilkes

Posted 1:23 pm, 08/21/2014

I removed a few posts that were off topic and/or trolling.

Umpire

Posted 12:36 pm, 08/21/2014

MY APOLOGIES.

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Posted 12:34 pm, 08/21/2014

nooo duh & theres NO 77 west either (runs N - S) , NO 268 north (runs east - west) ... try to notice sarcasm when its given ... NO REASON FOR YELLING EITHER ... ITS JUST DIRECTIONS

Umpire

Posted 11:56 am, 08/21/2014

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 421 EAST!

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Posted 11:43 am, 08/21/2014

421 East is just pass 77 West over by 268 North . you've never been on that road before? Its a rather nice drive , especially when the leaves start turning

Forever Cynic

Posted 10:11 am, 08/21/2014

People have said many times that people on drugs aren't as dangerous as those that drink, so I thought this might be good for them to read. Impaired is impaired.

I just noticed... where is 421 East?

Forever Cynic

Posted 10:09 am, 08/21/2014

One lane of U.S. 421 shut down due to accident today; one seriously injured


A Winston-Salem woman was seriously injured in a collision this morning on U.S. 421 East near the Berry's Lane overpass, according to Trooper B.S. Stokes of the N.C. Highway Patrol.


Keschia Twanda Crockett, 43, driver of a 2000 Ford sport/utility vehicle, was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem by Wilkes EMS. Stokes said she suffered very serious leg fractures.


Brendan William O'Conner, 20, of Kernersville, driver of a 2000 Honda, was traveling west when he attempted to pass Ms. Crockett, Stokes said. O'Conner hit the right side of Ms. Crockett's vehicle.


Ms. Crockett lost control of her vehicle, which went off on the right and overturned multiple times, coming to rest on its top on the shoulder of the highway the trooper said.


Ms. Crockett, trapped in the wreckage, was removed through one of the vehicle's windows by EMS personnel and Ronda and Roaring River first responders.


O'Conner was charged by Trooper A.R. McLean with driving while impaired, driving while impaired on a provisional license and failure to maintain lane control in the collision, which happened around 7:15 a.m.


Stokes noted that O'Conner was impaired by drugs.


One of the highway's eastbound lanes was closed while emergency personnel addressed the situation, but traffic continued to flow in the other lane, Stokes noted.


Stokes estimated damage to O'Conner's car at $2,500. Ms. Crockett's vehicle was destroyed.


http://www.journalpatriot.c...b2370.html

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