How to Avoid Truck Accidents
Every year, there are more than 500,000 accidents between cars and trucks. In 10 percent of those accidents, someone dies and there is a 98 percent chance the fatality will be the driver of the passenger vehicle. An 18-wheeler accident is most likely to occur during the daytime and especially in rural areas. Accident prevention […]
San Antonio Express-News Employee Sylvia Martinez Dies in Fatal Crash
A weekend crash on the East Side claimed the life of a long-time employee at the San Antonio Express-News. The wreck on Interstate 10 near Martin Luther King Drive occurred when Sylvia Martinez, 60, veered off the highway and into a guard rail at around 4 p.m. Saturday. Martinez was pronounced dead at the San […]
Austin EMS Captain Randy Trinkle Killed in Car Crash
The Captain of the Austin EMS died in a head-on traffic collision on 290 East, near the city limits of Fredericksburg, around 9 o’clock Saturday morning. Captain Randy Trinkle struck another car near a construction site as he headed home to Fredericksburg after working an overnight shift as an EMS. Trinkle was transported to Hill […]
Jackson Heights Volunteer Firefighter Jalen Smith in Critical Condition Following Wreck
A Jackson Heights volunteer fireman remains in critical condition Saturday, a day after he was hurt in a one-vehicle rollover crash. Three members of the Jackson Heights Volunteer fire team, C.J. Redwine, Gary Robinson, and Jalen Smith, were on their way to the fire station to respond to a tractor accident in the area when […]
Sanger City Council Member Robert “Rusty” Patton Dies in Young County Crash
Friends and community members mourn the loss of Sanger City Council member who died Friday evening following a two-vehicle crash in Young County, two and a half miles east of Graham. According to Texas Department of Public Safety, Robert “Rusty” Patton was heading east on U.S. Highway 380 in his 2008 Chevrolet pickup when he […]