On September 19, 2026, an apparatus accident in Granville County killed three civilians, when an SUV rear-ended a pumper an accident scene on Interstate 85 near Oxford, NC. What’s the historical perspective on deadliest emergency vehicle accident n North Carolina? Here’s take one of results, involving two more more fatalities:<\/p>\n
Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n Details<\/strong><\/p>\n Date – Department \/ Vehicle – County – Fatalities – Responders – Civilians<\/p>\n 1\/1\/1926 – Lexington Fire – Davidson – 3 – 3 – 0 4\/10\/1955 – Peeler Funeral Home – Rowan – 2 – 0 – 2 10\/8\/1961 – Sisk Funeral Home – Gaston – 2 – 0 – 2 2\/8\/1962 – TBD – Sampson – 3 – 0 – 3 12\/13\/1964 – Stokes Mortuary \u00a0– Nash – 2 – 0 – 2 – Ambulance operating with red light and siren collided with a Chevrolet at Thomas and Pine streets in Rocky Mount. 12\/5\/1968 – Raleigh Police \u00a0– Wake – 2 – 2 – 0 8\/4\/1975 – Enfield Rescue Squad \u00a0– Halifax – 2 – 1 – 1 2\/21\/1983 – Stokes County EMS \u00a0– Stokes – 2 – 0 – 2 4\/4\/1997 – Charlotte Fire – Mecklenburg – 2 – 0 – 2 8\/3\/2000 – Wake County EMS \u00a0– Wake – 3 – 0 – 3 3\/24\/2007 – Rhodestown Fire – Onslow – 2 – 2 – 0 5\/23\/2010 – North Carolina State Highway Patrol \u00a0– Guilford – 2 – 0 – 2 7\/25\/2017 – North Carolina State Highway Patrol \u00a0– Haywood – 2 – 0 – 2 8\/13\/2021 – Hertford County EMS \u00a0– Hertford – 2 – 0 – 2 3\/3\/2023 – Harnett County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u00a0– Harnett – 2 – 0 – 2 8\/3\/2023 – Pender EMS & Fire \u00a0– Pender – 2 – 0 – 2 7\/17\/2024 – Greensboro Police – Guilford – 3 – 0 – 3 3\/1\/2026 – North Carolina State Highway Patrol \u00a0– Durham – 2 – 1 – 1 9\/19\/2026 – Providence Frie – Granville – 3 – 0 – 3 Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
\n Date<\/strong><\/td>\n Department \/ Vehicle<\/strong><\/td>\n County<\/strong><\/td>\n Fatalities<\/strong><\/td>\n Responders<\/strong><\/td>\n Civilians<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1\/1\/1926<\/td>\n Lexington Fire<\/td>\n Davidson<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4\/10\/1955<\/td>\n Peeler Funeral Home<\/td>\n Rowan<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10\/8\/1961<\/td>\n Sisk Funeral Home<\/td>\n Gaston<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2\/8\/1962<\/td>\n TBD<\/td>\n Sampson<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12\/13\/1964<\/td>\n Stokes Mortuary\u00a0<\/td>\n Nash<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12\/5\/1968<\/td>\n Raleigh Police\u00a0<\/td>\n Wake<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8\/4\/1975<\/td>\n Enfield Rescue Squad\u00a0<\/td>\n Halifax<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2\/21\/1983<\/td>\n Stokes County EMS\u00a0<\/td>\n Stokes<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4\/4\/1997<\/td>\n Charlotte Fire<\/td>\n Mecklenburg<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8\/3\/2000<\/td>\n Wake County EMS\u00a0<\/td>\n Wake<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3\/24\/2007<\/td>\n Rhodestown Fire<\/td>\n Onslow<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5\/23\/2010<\/td>\n North Carolina State Highway Patrol\u00a0<\/td>\n Guilford<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7\/25\/2017<\/td>\n North Carolina State Highway Patrol\u00a0<\/td>\n Haywood<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8\/13\/2021<\/td>\n Hertford County EMS\u00a0<\/td>\n Hertford<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3\/3\/2023<\/td>\n Harnett County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0<\/td>\n Harnett<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8\/3\/2023<\/td>\n Pender EMS & Fire\u00a0<\/td>\n Pender<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7\/17\/2024<\/td>\n Greensboro Police<\/td>\n Guilford<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3\/1\/2026<\/td>\n North Carolina State Highway Patrol\u00a0<\/td>\n Durham<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9\/19\/2026<\/td>\n Providence Frie<\/td>\n Granville<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nEngine responding to a fire call collided with an automobile at Main and Third streets in Lexington. Three firefighters were killed and two others were critically injured.
\nKilled were: Firefighters D. C. Cope, Ed Cope, and Howard Michael.<\/p>\n
\nAmbulance transporting a seven-year-old car accident victim collided with a car at West Innes Street and Mahaley Avenue in Salisbury. The child and a 39-year-old woman in the car were ejected and killed; five others were injured.
\nKilled were: Seven-year-old patient and a 39-year-old woman in the car.<\/p>\n
\nAmbulance returning from an out-of-town call collided head-on with a car near Bessemer City. Both occupants of the car later died.
\nKilled were: Two men, ages 19 and 21.<\/p>\n
\nAmbulance transporting a patient from a Clinton hospital to their home collided broadside with a car leaving Hobbton High School on US 701 near Newton Grove. Three students were killed and six others injured.
\nKilled were: Three 18-year-old students.<\/p>\n
\nKilled were: A 21-year-old woman and a two-year-old child in the car.<\/p>\n
\nTwo officers responding to check on another officer were struck by another automobile and pushed into a utility pole.
\nKilled were: Officers James Wade Allen and James Gale Lee.<\/p>\n
\nAmbulance and automobile collided at SR 1210 and SR 1216. Both drivers were trapped and subsequently died.
\nKilled were: The 48-year-old ambulance driver and the automobile driver.<\/p>\n
\nAmbulance sideswiped a car while attempting to pass the vehicle. It left the highway, struck a tree, and overturned several times near Pilot Mountain.
\nKilled were: The 73-year-old patient and her 32-year-old companion.<\/p>\n
\nApparatus responding to an apartment fire collided with a Honda Accord on Park Road near Seneca Avenue.
\nKilled were: Two 16-year-old occupants of the Honda.<\/p>\n
\nAmbulance transporting an injured Wake Forest police officer collided with a Toyota Corolla at Capital Boulevard and Calvary Drive in Raleigh, after the Toyota entered its path. Killed were: Three men in the Toyota.<\/p>\n
\nA 1987 Chevrolet tanker overturned while responding to a structure fire. Both firefighters aboard were killed.
\nKilled were: Firefighters Billy Harold Williams and Brandon Michael Whimple.<\/p>\n
\nTrooper was pursuing a speeding vehicle with blue lights activated when another car turned into his path at US 70 and River Road near Jamestown.
\nKilled were: Sandra Allmond, 55, and an 11-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
\nTrooper traveling on US 74 with lights and siren operating collided with an eastbound van that was making a U-turn. The trooper was seriously injured.
\nKilled were: Two occupants of the van.<\/p>\n
\nResponding ambulance operating with lights and siren collided with a Honda at US 13 and Old NC 11 and overturned.
\nKilled were: Two women in the Honda, ages 28 and 29.<\/p>\n
\nDeputy was pursuing a speeding vehicle on NC 210 when his patrol SUV collided with a pickup at Ray Road. Two people in the pickup truck were killed.
\nKilled were: Brian Finch and Patricia Finch.<\/p>\n
\nSUV crossed the centerline of US 117 near St. Helena and struck the ambulance head-on. The patient died at the scene; the SUV driver died nine days later.
\nKilled were: A 54-year-old ambulance patient and the SUV driver.<\/p>\n
\nDuring a pursuit involving a suspected impaired or wrong-way driver, the fleeing vehicle collided with a responding patrol car on Walker Avenue.
\nKilled were: Three teenagers\u2014two age 14 and one age 15.<\/p>\n
\nTrooper traveling north on NC 147 was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver. Both drivers died.
\nKilled were: Master Trooper Steven J. Perry, 30, and Melshawn Moore, 39.<\/p>\n
\nSUV rear-ended unoccupied pumper blocking at an accident on I-85 near mile marker 197.
\nKilled were: Jason Nye, 31, Christina Nye, 32, and their daughter, age 6. Their son, age 10, was seriously injured.<\/p>\n\n