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Posted: March 6, 2009

Beltline clears after crash; driver badly hurt

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Crash leads to traffic delays on inner Beltline

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Crash leads to traffic delays on inner Beltline

Raleigh, N.C. — Authorities said all lanes were open on the inner Beltline near Western Boulevard around 11 a.m. Friday after they cleared the scene of a one-vehicle crash several hours earlier.

Vernon Davis, 27, was traveling in the right lane of Interstate 440 when his vehicle went off the road.  He over-corrected and lost control of the vehicle, according to the wreck report.  The vehicle then overturned several times.

Davis was not wearing his seat-belt and was ejected from the vehicle, police said.

Emergency crews took Davis to WakeMed. He was in critical condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

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As a responder to accients, I have seen cases where police and fire folks block a lane or completely shut down an interstate when they should allow traffic to move. Yes, responder safety is important, but traffic backups cause accidents too. Keeping the traffic moving in a orderly fashion helps keep motorists safe. I have seen where responders shut down a road improperly, and got killed because they thought a fire truck and blue light could close it down.
killerkestrel
March 9, 2009 12:17 p.m.
When I think I've heard it all someone surprises me. I'm thinking the person involved in this accident probably didn't set out to ruin YOUR day or make YOU late for anything. I was an hour and a half late to work....said a prayer when I passed by the car....then was THANKFUL it wasn't me or my family and that being late was the WORST thing that happened to me today. Show some sort of compassion! Police on site were doing their job!
Click to view my profile UNCGMom
March 6, 2009 9:12 p.m.
It's amazing to see how many people actually cared that the EMS & Fire crews are safe while they do their jobs. Maybe one of you should be strapped and carried to the hospital next time. Wouldn't you want them to make sure you or your loved one is taken care of properly? I forgot the state and time that we live in now. It's not like it used to be. Make sure my neck doesn't move and paralize me. Just hurry the heck up and get the debris out of the road. I've got a something more important than a human life to take care of. What if he hadn't over corrected and it had been a vehicle malfunction? But who has time to investigate it properly? Shoulda closed down the entire belt line the whole morning to make sure things were done right. Yeah I said it.....make you people go a little out of your way for someone else. God forbid that happen.
nannerrngr
March 6, 2009 7:05 p.m.
And no, natebouquin, you are not a stupid teenager. You are the only one here to remind everyone that it is now state law to move over for emergency personnel. Good job.
ToTheBeach
March 6, 2009 4:58 p.m.
Did it ever occur to some of you that perhaps the driver had no control over this accident? For all you know, he had a tire blow out.

Good grief people, do some of you have absolutley NO compassion?
grayboomerang
March 6, 2009 4:53 p.m.
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