Car accident on U.S. 460 takes life of Blacksburg resident
July 27, 2010
Patricia B. Vaught, 49, of Blacksburg died in a motor vehicle accident late this afternoon at the intersection of U.S. 460 and Bishop Road.
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Student involved in fatal car crash
February 28, 2010
Freshman biochemistry major Jacquelyn Bruhn died after injuries sustained from car crash.
Police investigate Mt. Tabor Road crash
October 31, 2009
Blacksburg Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that took place in the early hours of Oct. 31.
July 8, 2009
Editorial: Pump the brakes, keep the 'Burg safe
July 1, 2009
Sub Station. Ceritano's. Starbucks. And, as of Monday, a townhome on the corner of Marlington Road and Grissom Lane. All of these buildings share the unlucky commonality of having had a car run into them in the past two years.
Students continue to deal with car crash injuries
February 17, 2009
Two students who were hit by a motor vehicle in September have returned to class after missing most of the fall 2008 semester. The pair, Kellsye Pitsenbarger and Amanda Tyus, both 21, are slowly returning to full health after sustaining numerous injuries.
Editorial: Hand-held cell phone ban would not solve problems on road
February 11, 2009
A bill sponsored by Sen. Patricia Ticer (D – Alexandria) to ban talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving was passed by the Senate's Transportation Committee. Instead of voting on SB874, the Senate sent the legislation to the Courts of Justice Commi
Tech, Wake team up on collision research
December 9, 2008
An analysis released by AAA in April found that in 2007 alone, teenage drivers were involved in about 974,000 crashes, injuring 406,427 people and killing 2,541. Wrecks involving teenagers also cost Americans more than $34 billion annually in medical exp
Single-car crash leaves man in hospital
October 1, 2008
A single vehicle-accident that occurred today at about 1 p.m. left a Radford man in the hospital after his car ran off the side of the road and up an embankment, said Sgt. Nathan O'Dell of the Blacksburg Police Department in a press release.
Students injured in car crash are recovering
September 15, 2008
Virginia Tech students Amanda Tyus and Kellsye Pitsenbarger are each facing extensive recovery processes after they were hit by a motor vehicle Sept. 6.