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North Carolina Sees Surging October Traffic Toll
North Carolina October traffic accidents topped two thousand for the first time since 1927, with 679 deaths and 7 908 injuries for year to date. The report notes a 56 percent rise in accidents from 1948, and pedestrians and auto collision fatalities rising while pedestrian deaths fell 32 percent. Nash County led with eight deaths, tied to a school bus tragedy, as Guilford and Wake recorded five fatalities each and 63 counties reported none.
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Otober
Bladenboro
Concord
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
Fuquay Springs
Guilford
Wake and
Harnett
Bladen
Cabarrus
Iredell
Johnston
Mecklenburg
Robeson
Wilson and
Vance
Nash County
Wake
Rowan
Buncombe
Gaston
Johnston Mecklenburg
Wilson
Beaufort
Chatham
Craven
Lee
Stanly
Alamance
Avery
Brunswick
Davidson
Davis
Edgecombe
Franklin
Jones
Moore
New Hanover
Northampton
Pender
Pitt
Simpson
Swain
Wayne