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For several months the North Texas Tollway Authority has been taking many steps to alleviate the problem of wrong-way drivers along the tollway. Early Tuesday morning, another wrong-way car crash occurred on the Dallas North Tollway southbound lanes, just south of Mockingbird Lane. According to police reports, a 2013 Honda Accord entered onto the tollway travelling in the wrong direction. Despite numerous warnings, the driver, 25-year-old Hae J. Lee of Carrollton, headed north in the southbound lanes. That is when an oncoming driver in a 2011 Nissan Rouge plowed Lee’s vehicle head-on at the Bordeaux crossover. The driver of the…

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A rollover accident on Tuesday morning just north of Harlingen killed a young man and woman. It was about 10:30 a.m. at the FM 507 north of Valley International Airport when 20-year-old Christopher Michael Cabriales was heading south and lost control of his 2012 Kia Ole. He overcorrected sending his vehicle onto the northbound lane and slammed through an iron fence. Cabriales was rushed to the Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen but died from his injuries. His 18-year-old passenger, Vanessa Garcia, died in the wreck. Investigators reported that Garcia was wearing her seat belt but it wasn't enough to save…

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A T-bone accident on Highway 46 West in Bulverde killed a 7-year-old girl and injured 4 others. The accident occurred around 3:45 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Hwy 46 and Blanco Road, in far western Comal County. It was reported that a minivan attempted to cross the highway on Blanco Road and was T-boned by a Jeep. The wreck claimed the life of a 7-year old girl from San Antonio. Her parents and two young siblings were injured in the crash and taken to University Hospital in San Antonio. The driver and passenger of the Jeep were not injured.…

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A 23-year-old Tewksbury Soldier was killed in a motorcycle accident in El Paso, Texas Sunday morning. The accident took place just after 9 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on the Transmountain Highway near a summit in the Franklin Mountains. Army Spc. David A. Mulno, 23, of Tewksbury, was riding with friends when he lost control of his 2004 Black Kawasaki and hit a curb and then a guardrail. Spc. Mulno graduated from Tewksbury Memorial High School in 2007 and had basic training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma in 2010. He was stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso. He had been…

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A Spring woman remains in critical condition after she and her children were involved in two accidents. The first accident happened at around 1 p.m. on Texas 105 at Aranda Lane when 32-year-old Leanne Dolson was driving east in her PT Cruiser and allegedly side-swiped a Ford Expedition. Dolson apparently drove away from the scene and about a mile from the first crash, she swerved again onto the westbound lane of Texas 105 near Scott Road where she hits a westbound van head-on. DPS Trooper Erik Burse said Dolson is at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston with internal bleeding…

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An Odessa firefighter was killed in a one vehicle accident near Penwell Saturday morning. Christopher Clay, 32,  was driving his truck on Interstate 20 when for an unknown reason he left the road, overcorrected and then rolled his vehicle several times. He was not wearing a seatbelt. On Sunday, a group of West Texas firefighters went to Midland and braved the heat to collect money at the north side Wal-Mart for Clay's family. They raised over $6,000. Funeral arrangement schedules have not been confirmed.

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A two vehicle crash in Potter County has killed a Borger man and critically injured a teenager. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 136 near mile marker 94. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, Levi David Cox, 36, of Borger, was heading north in a Ford pickup when for an unknown reason he crossed into the southbound lane. That's when the pickup smashed into another vehicle head-on driven by 40-year-old Jackie Stapleton. Cox was pronounced dead at the scene. Stapleton, along with three passengers were all taken to Northwest Texas Hospital for injuries they suffered in the wreck.…

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A Volkswagen Jetta and a Dodge truck were racing on Grande early Sunday morning and this resulted in an accident that injured two people. At about 1:15 am, Tyler Police responded to a major accident at 1500 W Grande. Two vehicles were racing onto the eastbound lanes when they were unable to make the turn as they entered a curve and crashed into the edge. The Dodge truck’s driver was subsequently ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over and ended up on top of his legs. The driver, 28-year-old Daniel Dodd, was sent to EMTC for injuries from the…

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A two-vehicle crash in Huffman Thursday morning killed two men and injured a 5-month-old girl. A Victoria man was taking his daughter to her babysitter when the fatal accident occurred on Farm-to-Market Road 2100. Charles Strnadel IV, 29, of Huffman, was driving south in a Toyota Tundra when a northbound Dodge Ram 2500, moved into the southbound lane and hit Strnadel head-on. Strnadel’s 5-month-old daughter, Cadence, was in the back of the vehicle securely restrained in a child safety seat. Both drivers, Strnadel and Shawn Emery, the Dodge Ram driver, died in the crash. According to the news release, Strnadel…

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A crash in Carter County Friday afternoon claimed the life of a woman. The deadly accident involving two vehicles occurred near exit 29 in Ardmore around 5 o'clock. John Iven, 70, was trying to get back on I-35 when he collided with a pickup driven by 59-year-old James Wayne Pierce. John Iven's passenger Carel Iven, of Bedford, Texas was ejected from the vehicle and died on the scene. Authorities say John Iven was treated and released from a local hospital. Pierce was unharmed.

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