Rocky Lee Padgett Killed In South Tyler Wreck
An East Texas man died and his passenger injured in a one-vehicle accident in south Tyler Thursday. Rocky Lee Padgett, 29, of Malakoff, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck. Police found his vehicle in a ditch of about six feet of weeds and bush. The incident happened at around 12:40 a.m. after […]
Man Convicted Of Manslaughter In Crash That Killed Peggy Jean Cantrell
A guilty verdict was returned Wednesday in the trial of a Waco man charged in connection with a fatal traffic accident that killed 64-year-old Peggy Jean Cantrell. Jurors found 27-year-old Jacob Scott Turner guilty of intoxication manslaughter with a deadly weapon in the accident on July 21, 2011. Cantrell, who was driving a 2002 Dodge […]
SAISD Mourns For Loss Of Bus Driver Dolores Martinez
The San Antonio Independent School District community is coming together Thursday after losing one of their bus drivers in a crash. Fellow bus drivers of Dolores Martinez, 63, tied yellow and black ribbons to their buses in her honor. The yellow ribbons symbolize the school and school service as well as the color of the […]
Richard Kennedy Jr. Dies In East Feliciana Crash
A Texas man died in a single vehicle crash on La. Highway 10 in East Feliciana Parish just after midnight on Monday. Louisiana State Police troopers said Richard Kennedy Jr., 25, of Austin, TX, was driving a pickup towing a travel trailer east on LA Highway 10, east of LA Highway 961 in East Feliciana […]
John Wilkins And Jeanette Wilkins Killed In Oak Cliff Wreck
A two-vehicle crash in West Oak Cliff early Monday morning claimed two lives and injured four, including a pregnant woman and a child. Just before midnight on Sunday, a GMC Terrain carrying five people was stopped at a red light on the 3700 block of W. Davis St. when a Hyundai Santa Fe ran a […]
Earl Winegeart Dies In Bradshaw Crash
A 20-year-old Tuscola man is dead after a two-auto crash north of Bradshaw Monday night. The incident occurred at about 8:40 p.m. on Highway 83 near milepost 348 and the intersection of County Road 205. Jason Earl Winegeart was travelling north when he glided onto the southbound lane and collided with another vehicle head-on. Winegeart […]
Three Injured In CareFlite Helicopter Crash
The crash of a helicopter operated by Dallas-area based CareFlite near Eastland on Sunday injured the pilot and two medics. The 10-year-old Agusta 109 helicopter was on its way to pick up a patient when it crashed at around 9:30 a.m. near County Road 309, less than six miles from the Eastland Municipal Airport, where […]
Immigrant Teens Irafasha Vestina And Violette Ntawurusimba Killed In Apparent Hit and Run
Two female refugee teenagers were killed in an apparent hit and run accident on Sunday. The victims were identified as Irafasha Vestina, 14, and Violette Ntawurusimba, 13. At about 8 p.m. Sunday, the girls were walking to Irafasha’s home after having dinner with her brother when a pickup truck hit them. The driver, 19-year-old Gillermo […]
Precinct 5 Motorcycle Deputy David Vickson Involved In Crash
A Harris County deputy constable motorcycle officer crashed on the Sam Houston Parkway in west Houston and was injured. The incident occurred at about 11:10 a.m. Monday when David Vickson was heading north on the West Sam Houston Parkway, near the south toll plaza. A driver somewhere ahead of the officer had a blow out […]
Univision continues coverage on Operation “Fast and Furious”
Aquí y Ahora of Univision videos, spoke to participants and victims of the American operation that allowed weapons to fall in the hands of Mexican narcotraffickers. Rad Law Firm is currently representing the survivor of the attack, Agent Victor Avila. Watch the video with English subtitles by visiting the link below. Operation ‘Fast and Furious’: Arming […]