Lansing Man Injured in Single Vehicle Accident

A Lansing man remains hospitalized at Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem following a single car

accident on Old Highway 16 last Friday afternoon.

Information gathered from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) accident investigation report, and visual evidence at the scene, suggests that Darren D. Goodman, 27, of Lansing, was traveling south on RP 1573 (Old 16) when his Jeep Wrangler left the road and struck a ditch. The vehicle then partially climbed an embankment across the ditch. The vehicle continued south along the embankment for several feet before reentering the roadway.

The vehicle crossed he center line and the northbound lane, traveled off the northbound shoulder and struck a tree, doing significant damage to the vehicle. State troopers on the scene estimate Goodman's speed to be 30 mph at the time of the accident.

Goodman received class-two, or incapacitating, injuries and was transported to Baptist Hospital where a spokesperson said that he "is in good condition" but was unable to release any additional information. Family members have requested that all inquiries be made through hospital staff. - Ron Fitzwater