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The mayor of a South Texas town has been found dead in an accident on his Atascosa County ranch last Monday. According to the Atascosa County Sheriff's Office, Hollywood Park Mayor William "Bill" Bohlke was apparently attacked by a 500-pound donkey he kept at the ranch in Atascosa County, south of San Antonio. His body was found Monday night during a search by deputies and relatives. Bohlke was 65. A formal cause of death is pending. Bohlke was elected mayor of Hollywood Park in May. Mayor Pro Tem Steve Phillips will serve as acting mayor of Hollywood Park, a town of…

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An 11-year-old boy from McAllen died one week after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle. McAllen police said the accident occurred when Matthew Scott Yager, 11, was riding his bike and was hit by a car Tuesday night, August 22nd near Nolana Avenue and North 1st Street. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead on Tuesday. An autopsy has been ordered by authorities to learn more about the accident that caused the boy's death. The driver who hit the boy remained at the scene of the accident. The investigation continues…

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A motorcyclist was critically injured in an accident Tuesday on Interstate 70 in Morgan County. Police say Kenneth Kanzius, 56, of Azle, Texas, was taken to Wishard Hospital with head injuries after he was ejected from his bike. This was after he struck an orange construction barrel in the travel portion of the left lane of I-70 near the 61.6 mile marker. According to witnesses, the barrel may have been struck by a passing vehicle, or sucked into the travel lane by a passing semi and hit the motorcycle's path. Investigators report that Kanzius was not wearing a helmet at…

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A man was injured when his semi rolled over early Tuesday morning in Gove County, approximately 3 miles northeast of Grainfield. At about 1:45 a.m. on Kansas Highway 23, a northbound 2005 Kenworth semi missed a turn and entered a county road. The driver then backed up across the highway to turn around when the trailer entered a ditch causing the semi to turn over and roll onto the driver's side. According to the Kansas High Patrol, the driver, identified as Mark Edwin Hudson, 40, Perryton, Texas, was not wearing a seat belt. He is taken to Gove County Medical…

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A man was killed in a single motorcycle accident in Round Rock Tuesday afternoon. Round Rock police said Delfred McLennan, 27, was riding his motorcycle and struck a pole at around 4:15 p.m. at 2500 South A.W. Grimes and Louis Henna. McLennan was pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.

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A man died after his car was struck by an 18-wheeler on Highway 59 Tuesday morning. The accident occurred at around 6:20 a.m. in front of BJ's Farms on U.S. Highway 59 north. According to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper David Hendry, a log truck was entering U.S. Highway 59 from FM 2782 when its driver failed to yield right-of-way and collided with  2000 Toyota car. The car, driven by Catarino Perez, 56, went beneath the 18-wheeler truck after it hits its rear axle. The car was on the right lane of southbound Highway 59 north when the accident happened, Hendry said. The log truck’s…

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A Texarkana woman died in a fatal crash in Bowie County. The Texas Department of Public Safety reports that Glenda McElwee of Texarkana died at the scene of an accident that occurred on Tri-State road at around 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. McElwee was travelling southbound when she veered off the road and crashed into a tree. It was reported that she was not wearing a seatbelt.

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A fatal traffic accident killed a 43-year-old woman in South Austin on Monday. According to the Austin police, a woman was taking the Slaughter Lane exit and attempted to re-enter I-35 at the last second. The vehicle veered while on the exit ramp and caused it to roll several times. The driver, identified as Sonia Garcia, 43, was ejected from her vehicle. The accident happened at around 11 a.m. and Garcia was pronounced dead three hours later at the University Medical Center at Brackenridge Hospital. This is Austin’s 50th traffic fatality of 2012.

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A head-on collision in Gonzales County early Saturday claimed the life of an 18-year-old San Marcos High School graduate. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the two-vehicle accident occurred at around 6:15 a.m. on Highway 183, about 11.5 miles north of Gonzales. Michael Burke, 25, was driving southbound in a 1999 Chevy S10 pickup with Andrew Chet Hamm,18, as a passenger. Both men from San Marcos were headed for work in the oil fields in Westhoff when a northbound 2001 white Toyota 4Runner, driven by Alice Ramos Segura, 50, of Gonzales, crossed the double yellow lines and collided with Burke’s…

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A tree fell on a Henderson man during a logging accident Sunday afternoon in Cherokee County. Jimmy Charles Young Jr., 38, was on a property owned by William Carroll Hollis of Alto, working with other loggers to clear trees when a large tree he was cutting fell on top of him. The accident occurred before 3:00pm on Hwy. 21 East at the Angelina River bridge. A co-worker tried moving the tree with equipment, while another called 9-1-1. Douglas VFD and Nacogdoches EMS responded immediately but found Young dead at the scene. The case is still under investigation.

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