Name: Take a cab, an Uber, a Lyft: DWI deaths are up in NC since 2019
Uploaded: 2023-07-03T17:28:49-0400
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Description: In the midst of the long, holiday weekend, a family in mourning is asking everyone to make plans for a ride home before even having their first sip of alcohol.

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In the midst of the long, holiday weekend, a family in mourning is asking everyone to make plans for a ride home before even having their first sip of alcohol. 

UP LATER, THE STAGGERING NUMBER OF RESCUES ALONG THE COAST THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE OF RIP CURRENTS. WELL, AS PEOPLE GATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE JULY 4TH WITH LOVED ONES. >> ONE FAMILY IS WARNING DRIVERS TO THINK TWICE BEFORE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. IF THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING. DANIEL WATTS FAMILY KNOWS THE PAIN THAT DRINKING AND DRIVING CAN CAUSE FIRSTHAND WRAL'S DESTINY. PATTERSON IS IN DURHAM WERE IMPAIRED. DRIVER STRUCK THE CAR WANT WAS RIDING IN IN  IT WAS RIGHT OFF OF THIS HIGHWAY RIGHT BEHIND ME, RIGHT NEAR THE ELLIS ROAD EXIT WHERE A CAR CRASH TOOK THE LIFE OF DANIEL WATT. >> THE OTHER DRIVER'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS NEARLY 2 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. >> EUGENE WANTS IS HIS 26 YEAR-OLD BROTHER DANIEL HAD A HEART FOR SERVICE. HE WAS NOT ONLY MY BABY BROTHER, BUT HE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH NEARLY 2 YEARS AGO. HE WAS RIDING IN A LIFT WHEN GREGORY COLI CRASHED INTO THEM DRIVING 143 MILES PER HOUR WITH A BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.1 5, IT WAS A TOTAL DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. HE SHOWN NO REMORSE TO US. SO >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN FORGIVE SOMEONE WHO HASN'T ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS. THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED DATA SHOWS THAT NORTH CAROLINA HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING DEATHS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THOSE ARE NUMBERS. WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T. EXACTLY. JUST NEXT DOOR, WAKE COUNTY HAS THE 3RD MOST DRUNK DRIVING FATALITIES. AND THE SECOND HIGHEST INCREASE IN DEATH. >> THEIR DECISIONS CAN SOMETIMES BE TRAGIC AND THAT CAN NEVER BE UNDONE. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A PERSON THAT CAUSES THAT KIND OF HARM TO THAT TO A FAMILY IN THE MIDST OF THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS WANT SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE PLANS TO GET HOME BEFORE EVEN HAVING THEIR FIRST SIP OF ALCOHOL. HOWEVER, PART IS PLEASE. >> TO HAVE TAKEN OVER, TAKE A LIFT. >> ANYTHING THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING ON THAT ROAD. INTERESTING IN TRAFFIC SINCE WAS DEAD. HIS FAMILY HAS CONTINUED TO DEMAND JUSTICE. THIS COMES AFTER COLEY WAS OFFERED A DOWNGRADE AND CHARGES AND A JUDGE DECLINED TO SIGN OFF ON THEM. >> NOW HIS FAMILY'S WAITING FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE. DESTINEE PATTERSON, WRAL, NEWS, DURHAM WATTS FAMILY FELT THE DOWNGRADED CHARGES WERE TOO LENIENT AND HE'S HOPEFUL THAT NO JUDGE SIGNS OFF ON THEM. >> WATTS SAYS THE CASE WILL BE

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Take a cab, an Uber, a Lyft: DWI deaths are up in NC since 2019

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I'm meteorologist, Amy Wilm in the WRL severe weather center. Pretty nice weather today. A mix of sun and clouds with temperatures close to normal for this time of year. We reach 80 degrees in Raleigh and Durham, 79 in Rocky Mount. 81 for the high temperature in Fayetteville. If you want to have dinner outside this evening, it's going to be a lovely evening to do that at 7 p.m. We're in the mid seventies, mostly sunny skies, low seventies at 8 p.m. and then we're back down to the sixties by nine o'clock and certainly no rain in the forecast for today. For the next three days. The weather stays pretty quiet and the big story will be the warming of our temperatures 80 today, 84 Tuesday and then 88 for the high temperature on Wednesday. Once we get to the holiday weekend, that's when things turn unsettled and temperatures will drop a little bit. We have scattered storms in the forecast for Friday, especially Friday night. Saturday, scattered storms possible at any point in time, just a few spotty showers and storms Sunday and then we're back to some scattered storm chances on Monday, no day looks like a washout as of now. So keep checking back in and we'll have a better idea on the exact timing and amounts once we get to around Thursday or so, here's a look at Futurecast. This is for Thursday morning. It's a dry start to the day. But then Thursday night we have some scattered showers. So most of Thursday is dry. It's not until very late. We could see a few showers. Friday morning looks dry. Maybe you're hitting the road early on Friday for the long holiday weekend, it looks dry for most of the state. And then once we get to Friday evening, it's the western half of the state that has some storms for us. It'll be Friday night, an overnight Friday in early Saturday, we'll have a good opportunity for some rain and storms. Saturday morning, rain chances for us fairly slim and really across most of North Carolina rain, chances look pretty low Saturday morning. But then we get into the afternoon and evening, the peak heating and we'll have some scattered showers and thunderstorms. Sunday morning. We could have some rain along the North Carolina coast and then just some hit showers and storms across a good part of the state. But a lot of dry time as well. Monday for Memorial Day, we'll have some hit and miss showers and storms as well. So it's very quiet for the next few days with temperatures warming up. We're in the low nineties by Thursday and then temperatures back off a little bit over the weekend. But again, that does come with the potential for some scattered showers and storms.

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Good evening, Darren Ott here with tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 19th, 2024. Let's get started. As always with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is eight. The second is three and the third is four and our pick three. Fireball number tonight is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconal Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is one. The second is four. The third is one and the fourth is two. In our pick for fireball number is five. Turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $130,000. Good luck. The first cash five number is 11. The second is 12. The 3rd 34. The fourth is five and the fifth and final number tonight is seven over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. So thanks for your support and thanks for playing the North Carolina Education lottery.

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Johnson tonight, we have another life changing jackpot for you. It's worth an estimated $77.5 million. I get those tickets out. Let's play. That first number is 42. Followed by the number 59. Tonight. We're going to meet, keep on trucking who won $50,000 playing powerball. Now, for the rest of those numbers, we've got 3719, rounding it out with 36. Your powerball number tonight. Good luck. Everyone is 19 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at those numbers one last time. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Monday night. Good night, everyone. Favorite jackpot game. This is powerball. Good evening America. I'm.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS WOODS UP AMERICA. I'M JOHN CROW. IT IS FRIDAY MAY 17TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES. 393 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WIN THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. YOUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 8 AND FOLLOWED BY 60. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 70. YOUR NEXT NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING IS 40 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 3. AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 8, 60, 70

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