All tagged crash
On Tuesday August 9, 2022, at 6:12 am, officers with the Kinston Police Department along with EMS and Kinston Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a Commercial Truck and motorcycle on 200 block of HWY 58 S. The operator of the motorcycle was pronounced dead on scene. Officers are still conducting their investigation into the incident and charges are pending.
Emergency responders are on scene of a major vehicle accident at 600 W New Bern Rd (Hwy70). One vehicle is overturned with a patient entrapped and power lines are down. Hwy 70 is closed in both directions from Hwy 11/55 to US 258 S. Responding units include Southwood and City Of Kinston Fire Departments, Lenoir County EMS, and NCSHP. Vidant EastCare has also been called to land on scene.
Hwy 70 will be closed for an undetermined amount of time.
The pilot who lost his life during Thursday night's airplane crash near the Kinston Drag Strip has been identified by officials.
The deceased pilot is William James Brinkley, 52, of Biddle Road in Dover.
The crash, which occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 6:14 p.m., Officers from the Kinston Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of E. Lenoir Ave. and N. East St. EMS and Kinston Department of Fire & Rescue also responded to assist with life saving measures.
On June 29, 2020 at approximately 12:41 pm, officers with the Kinston Police Department were dispatched to a motor vehicle wreck on Hwy. 11 north near Mewborn Avenue. Before officers arrived on the scene, they were advised shots had been fired at that location and some subjects had fled the scene.
