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NewsSeptember 4, 2025

NC to Name Bridges After 23 Fallen Troopers Who Were Overlooked

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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NewsApril 19, 2024

North Carolina Highway Patrol Adds Mustangs to Patrol Fleet

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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NewsFebruary 7, 2024

North Carolina Deputy Killed in Duty Crash Involving Tractor Trailer

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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Newsby Staff WriterApril 20, 2022

4 North Carolina Highway Patrol Cars Burned Outside 7-Eleven While Troopers Inside

“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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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2020

NC Highway Patrol Copter Crashes in Raleigh, No Injuries Reported

North Carolina State Highway Patrol officials said a helicopter belonging to their agency crashed near the agency's training center in Raleigh Sunday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2020

Paralyzed North Carolina Trooper Released from Hospital

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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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

North Carolina Trooper Injured in Vehicle Pursuit is Paralyzed

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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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2018

Video: North Carolina Officer Killed in Crash with Truck Parked in Road

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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Newsby Staff WriterApril 26, 2018

Video: North Carolina Highway Patrol Deploys "Ghost Car"

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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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2017

Video: NC Trooper Resigns After Citizen Captures Footage of Him Driving Wrong Way on Highway

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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