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Injury Attorney for the Sandhills and the Fort Bragg Area
If you were hurt in a crash anywhere in the Sandhills, from Lumberton up to Sanford, I can come to you. We talk first by phone or video. Then I meet you in person where you are, and in that meeting we decide whether to work together.
The Sandhills sit on I-95 and the U.S. 1 corridor, with Fort Bragg in the middle. Military traffic adds federal rules to some cases here.
This page covers the highways, what happens when a federal vehicle was involved, the residency rule for service members, the designated trauma centers in Fayetteville and at Fort Bragg, the four Patrol troops that write reports here, and the first conversation.
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I-95, the I-295 Outer Loop and U.S. 1 through the Sandhills
I-95 and the Fayetteville Outer Loop
I-95 runs north and south through Robeson, Cumberland and Harnett counties. NCDOT has funded widening projects along it, including stretches near Lumberton and north of Fayetteville.
The Fayetteville Outer Loop is I-295. NCDOT built it in part to give Fort Bragg a direct connection to I-95, and its completed western portion reaches I-95 just across the Cumberland-Robeson county line. Traffic to and from the post shares that loop with everyone else commuting around Fayetteville.
U.S. 1, U.S. 421 and the Rockingham Bypass
U.S. 1 is the north-south road through the western Sandhills. It crosses Lee County, where NCDOT has a resurfacing contract on it that runs until summer 2027, and runs through Southern Pines in Moore County, and in 2018 NCDOT awarded a contract to widen a stretch of it east of Rockingham in Richmond County. U.S. 421 also crosses Lee County.
West of Rockingham, a bypass designated U.S. 220/Future I-73/74 runs from the U.S. 74 Business interchange to Harrington Road.
An I-95 interchange near Fayetteville
A crash here raises questions about merging and following distance.
A two-lane road in Montgomery or Anson
A crash here usually turns on sight lines and who had the right of way.
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A federal vehicle hit you, so the agency claim comes first
A claim against the United States starts at the federal agency, not at the courthouse. Under 28 U.S.C. 2675(a), a person hurt by a federal employee's negligence presents the claim to the agency first, and a lawsuit waits until the agency denies it in writing. The rule covers claims for injury, property loss and death caused by a federal employee acting within the scope of the job.
Present the claim in writing
28 U.S.C. 2401(b) gives two years after the claim accrues to present it in writing to the federal agency.
Wait for the agency's answer
A final denial comes in writing by certified or registered mail. If the agency makes no final decision within six months, the claimant can treat that silence as a denial.
Sue within six months of a denial
Under 28 U.S.C. 2401(b), the lawsuit follows within six months after the agency mails its notice of final denial.
That sequence changes the order of everything else, so I want to know early if a government vehicle was involved.
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Where can a Fort Bragg service member file a crash case?
Service members get a residency rule of their own under G.S. 1-82. A person who lived on or was stationed at a military installation in this state for at least one year before filing is treated as a resident of the county where the installation sits.
The same rule reaches an adjacent county where that person lives, and the statute names spouses and dependents along with military personnel.
The rule adds a county to the list. The ordinary choice under the same statute, a county where any plaintiff or any defendant lives, stays available.
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Cape Fear Valley and Womack, the two Sandhills Level III centers
The North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services lists two designated trauma centers in the Sandhills, both at Level III. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville was first designated in 2015, and Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg was first designated in 2019. The list also shows American College of Surgeons verification for Womack in 2019.
| Hospital, as the state lists it | City | Level, as listed |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center | Fayetteville | Level III |
| Womack Army Medical Center | Fort Bragg | Level III |
The state list has no Level I or Level II center in these ten counties. Its Level I centers are in Charlotte, Durham, Greenville, Asheville, Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem and Raleigh.
The list records designation only. It does not decide where a particular injured person goes from a Sandhills crash.
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Four Patrol troops split the Sandhills crash reports
The ten Sandhills counties fall under four State Highway Patrol troops, so the troop on a report depends on the county. These assignments come from the troop pages on ncshp.gov.
| Patrol troop | Headquarters | Counties on this page |
|---|---|---|
| Troop B | Fayetteville | Cumberland, Robeson, Harnett |
| Troop H | Monroe | Moore, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland, Anson |
| Troop D | Greensboro | Lee |
| Troop E | Salisbury | Montgomery |
Troop B gives Cumberland, Robeson and Harnett a Patrol district each, with no other county sharing it. Troop H groups Moore with Hoke and Richmond with Scotland, and it pairs Anson with Union, a Charlotte-area county.
Inside a town with its own police, that department most likely responded, according to a Patrol first sergeant interviewed by NCDPS. Southern Pines, for one, provides accident reports that are public records online through sosoftcc.com/sppd or at the department at 450 W. Pennsylvania Avenue.
Search the Patrol's records
For a Patrol crash, NCDPS runs an online search by county, name or report number, and a new report can take up to 48 hours to appear.
Mail NCDMV form TR-67A
Send it to the Crash Reports Unit at 3106 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27697-3106, with a check payable to NCDMV. Cash is not accepted by mail.
Allow ten business days
The Division asks for ten business days to process a mailed request, and a person involved in the crash receives a redacted copy.
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Meeting at home or in a rehab room near Fayetteville
The first conversation is by phone or video. After that I come to you at home or wherever you are staying, including a rehab room, and we decide in that meeting whether to work together.
The first conversation is by phone or video.
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Your first conversation from Fayetteville, in English or Spanish
Lorena Meza on our staff speaks Spanish and can handle that first conversation in Spanish. The number is 336-221-8900 and the email is julian@juliandobylaw.com, and both reach the firm's one office in Graham.
City pages
Sandhills cities with their own pages
Each city page names its police department, its courthouse and its newest crash figures, with a page on getting the crash report.
| County | Courthouse | Superior Court district | District Court district | People killed, 2024 | Yearly average, 2014 to 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anson | Anson County Courthouse 114 N Greene St, Wadesboro, NC 28170 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| Cumberland | Judge E. Maurice Braswell Cumberland County Courthouse 117 Dick St., Fayetteville, NC 28301 | 14 | 14 | 58 | 51 |
| Harnett | Harnett County Courthouse 301 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd, Suite 100, Lillington, NC 27546 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 29 |
| Hoke | Hoke County Courthouse 304 N Main St, Raeford, NC 28376 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 13 |
| Lee | Lee County Courthouse 1400 S Horner Blvd, Sanford, NC 27330 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 |
| Montgomery | Montgomery County Courthouse 108 E Main St, Troy, NC 27371 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 9 |
| Moore | Moore County Courthouse 102 Monroe St, Carthage, NC 28327 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 20 |
| Richmond | Richmond County Judicial Center 105 W Franklin St, Rockingham, NC 28379 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 10 |
| Robeson | Robeson County Courthouse 500 North Elm St Room 101, Lumberton, NC 28359 | 20 | 20 | 42 | 52 |
| Scotland | Scotland County Courthouse 212 Biggs St, Laurinburg, NC 28352 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 12 |
Courthouses and districts: North Carolina Judicial Branch, verified October 18, 2026; districts as realigned January 1, 2024. Deaths: 2024 North Carolina Traffic Crash Facts, NCDMV, table "Fatalities by County: 10 Year Trend," the newest edition posted; the printed yearly average covers 2014 to 2023. A case is not always filed in the county where the crash happened.
All 100 counties · from the Graham office
Sandhills on the map
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About the attorney
Julian Doby, attorney since 1998
Julian Doby has been admitted to practice in North Carolina since 1998, North Carolina State Bar No. 25407, and he represents injured people across the state. His one office is at 110 W. Elm Street in Graham. He meets clients across the state after a first conversation by phone or video.
More about JulianSources and verification (21)
- NCDOT, I-95 Corridor Improvements, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDOT, I-95 Planning and Finance Study public hearing handout, county recommendations, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDOT, Fayetteville Outer Loop, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDOT, Nightly lane closures on U.S. 1 in Moore County, May 5, 2023, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDOT, U.S. 1 and U.S. 421 resurfacing in Lee County, November 6, 2025, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDOT, U.S. 1 in Eastern Richmond County to be Widened, May 1, 2018, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDOT, Rockingham Bypass, verified October 18, 2026.
- 28 U.S.C. 2675(a), U.S. Code, govinfo.gov, verified October 18, 2026.
- 28 U.S.C. 2401(b), U.S. Code, govinfo.gov, verified October 18, 2026.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 1-82, venue in all other cases, ncleg.gov, verified October 18, 2026.
- NC Office of Emergency Medical Services, designated trauma centers list (page updated August 26, 2026), verified October 18, 2026.
- NC Office of Emergency Medical Services, North Carolina Trauma Center Contacts (document dated July 2025), used for hospital cities only, verified October 18, 2026.
- NC State Highway Patrol, Troop B, Fayetteville, verified October 18, 2026.
- NC State Highway Patrol, Troop H, Monroe, verified October 18, 2026.
- NC State Highway Patrol, Troop D, Greensboro, verified October 18, 2026.
- NC State Highway Patrol, Troop E, Salisbury, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDPS, Safety Scoop transcript, SHP Answers Top Questions from Motorists, Season 4, Episode 2, verified October 18, 2026.
- Town of Southern Pines, Police Records, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDPS, State Highway Patrol Collision Information, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDMV, Form TR-67A, Request for Motor Vehicle Information (Crash Reports), revised July 1, 2024, verified October 18, 2026.
- NCDMV, Crash Reports, verified October 18, 2026.
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