WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Since 2023, more than 100 pedestrians have been hit while walking on Wilmington Roads.
WECT reached out to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to learn more about how common the accidents are and what is being done to keep people safe on the streets.
Numbers from NCDOT show that from 2023 through May of 2025, there were a total of 135 pedestrian accidents, and from those accidents, 12 people died…