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 […]
Rad Law Firm Issues PR on New Texas Highway Speed Limit
Following the official opening of the stretch of highway on Route 130 where there is now a nationwide highest speed limit of 85 miles per hour, Rad Law Firm issued a press release advising that it is likely that this higher speed limit will claim more lives. On the day the tollway started charging drivers […]
Jonathan David Suhr Killed in Childress County Helicopter Crash
A helicopter crash near Childress County Tuesday claimed the life of a 23-year-old McLean man and sent another to the hospital. A Brim Aviation helicopter, piloted by Keith Hard, 42, of Butte County, Calif., was placing lines on top of a transmission line when it lost power and crashed at about 4 p.m. The Hughes […]
Roger Eric Hanna Killed in Hemphill Tractor Trailer Collision
A 30-year-old man died and another person injured in a two-vehicle accident on US 83 just 15 miles south of Canadian, Texas Tuesday morning. The incident happened at about 7 a.m. when a 2007 International truck towing a trailer swerved to the right to avoid an oncoming 1993 Nissan which crossed the median. The Nissan […]
A. J. Ripps Dies After Crash on FM 622
A man died on Monday in a hospital from his injuries in Sunday morning’s traffic accident on Farm-to-Market Road 622. A hospital spokeswoman said, A. J. Ripps, 25, of Goliad, was in critical condition late Monday afternoon and died later that evening. Ripps was seriously injured after he was ejected from his 2003 Ford F-250 […]
Varghese Paily Dies in Louisiana Crash
A Port Arthur man involved in a two-vehicle accident on I-10 west of Sulphur has died Monday morning. The incident occurred before 10 a.m. near mile marker 17 when a 1999 Jeep heading east on Interstate 10 moved from the middle lane to the outside lane to pass an 18-wheeler. The driver, Varghese K. Paily, […]