
Twenty-three troopers lost in the line of duty were never honored in a bridge-naming, and when the North Carolina Department of Transportation learned they had been overlooked, its staff partnered with the highway patrol. All will be honored by the end of 2025.
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The agency said on Facebook that fielding the 25 new muscle cars continues a legacy of the Tarheel State’s troopers using Mustangs in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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The North Carolina Highway Patrol said a marked Harnett County Sheriff’s Office Dodge Charger traveling east on Darroch Road crossed the center line and crashed into a tractor trailer that was heading west. The Charger then hit a Dodge Durango.
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“They got in the trunk to get the fire extinguishers and thank goodness they extinguished the fire before the cars were totally destroyed.”
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North Carolina State Highway Patrol officials said a helicopter belonging to their agency crashed near the agency's training center in Raleigh Sunday afternoon.
Read More →A motor officer with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper who was severely injured in the line of duty last year has been released from the hospital.
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A trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol who was involved in a collision during a vehicle pursuit is paralyzed from the neck down, Commander Glenn McNeill announced on Facebook.
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North Carolina Highway Patrol reports the truck was being hauled by a tow truck when its brakes froze up and it was abandoned on the road. Two men, Derrick Sheffield, 46, and Timmy Dixon, 38, have been charged in the accident.
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The North Carolina State Highway Patrol debuted a new marked but stealthy patrol vehicle it calls a "ghost car" this week. The Dodge Charger features markings that are more discreet and glow at night.
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A North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has resigned after a witness captured video showing his patrol car speeding down Highway 321 in Catawba County, going the wrong way into oncoming traffic.
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