Samantha Summer Rose and Ashley Dawn Robles Victims in Fatal Overnight Crash

Two women have died in a traffic accident in New Braunfels early Friday. The crash happened just after midnight in the 2500 block of Loop 337 at the exit driveway to the New Braunfels High School. Officers on patrol in the area heard a loud sound and searched for the scene of the wreck. The found a vehicle had crashed into a utility pole. New Braunfels Police identified the two occupants in the car as Samantha Summer Rose, 21, and Ashley Dawn Robles, 20. Both women were unresponsive at the time and were pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation…

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A single-vehicle accident early Thursday morning in Corpus Christi claimed the life of a 63-year old woman. Police said the wreck occurred just before 2 a.m. along Morgan near Port. Maria Teresa Hernandez of Corpus Christi lost control of her vehicle and flipped it.  Her car struck an electrical pole, a fire hydrant and a tree before ending up in the Bonilla parking lot. Hernandez, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected from the vehicle and was killed in the crash.

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Veteran KLBJ radio reporter Barbara McCarley has died Wednesday, a day after she was involved in a three-vehicle collision in Austin. McCarley covered road closures on Monday before ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s procession. The next morning, another driver struck her vehicle near the intersection of 2222 and Mesa Drive and she was seriously hurt. The accident happened when a westbound green sedan lost control and crossed into the oncoming lanes, crashing into the small KLBJ Toyota Scion driven by McCarley. A third vehicle was involved. The other motorists did not have serious injuries. Barbara was rushed to the hospital, where…

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A woman was arrested after driving the wrong way, causing three collisions along Interstate 35W Wednesday morning. Fort Worth police said the pursuit started just before 3 a.m. when Jessica Roseman was traveling south bound in the north bound lanes on I-35W at the Mixmaster, and continued all the way to Hidden Creek Parkway in Burleson, some 15 miles away before officers finally got her to stop. The first incident happened at I-35W and Rosedale Street when a vehicle swerved to avoid hitting her and slammed into the retaining wall. The second encounter happened at I-35W and East Berry Street,…

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An 11-year-old boy was killed in a dirt bike accident Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened in the 7000 block of Bowman Roberts Road, near Eagle Mountain Lake, when Elijah Anderson of Fort Worth crashed his bike into a fence. Authorities said he was pronounced dead about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Cook Children’s Medical Center.

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Five Frenship Independent School District students were sent to the hospital after the bus they were in collided with another vehicle near Westwind Elementary Tuesday afternoon. A spokesman for the school district said that at about 3:15 pm, the bus was in the bus lane near 45th Street and Milwaukee Avenue when it struck a red car. Frenship officials called parents immediately after the crash. The children on the bus were accompanied by their parents to another bus being driven by another driver. Officials reported that five students were hospitalized as a precaution. No one was injured in the car.…

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An one-vehicle crash in Stephens County, Abilene, on Tuesday left one woman dead. The incident occurred at about 10:53 a.m. when a pickup heading north on Farm Road 1287 drifted off the road and overcorrected. The vehicle then went into a side skid and turned over. Department of Public Safety identified the driver as Graham resident Colleen Moss Hamlett. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Her body was taken to Morrison Funeral Home in Graham. Hamlett was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt. The weather was rainy causing the roadway to be wet, DPS said. The crash is still being…

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A motorcyclist is critically injured after a hit-and-run crash in Lake Worth. Chris Journeay, 44, was riding a yellow Honda motorcycle early Sunday morning at about 3:30 a.m. along Lake Worth Boulevard when someone hit him from behind. Police said the victim was dragged about a block. The driver left the scene, leaving Journeay in the middle of the road seriously injured and his bike damaged. There are no witnesses and no vehicle description. Journeay's family prays for his recovery and hopes that whoever is responsible will have a change of heart. Anyone with information in the case is asked…

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A long time Laredo teacher was a victim of a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in north Webb County. The accident occurred at about 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of Columbia Toll Road and Interstate Highway 35. Esther Buckley was a passenger of a 2007 Dodge minivan driven by her 41-year-old son, James Joseph Buckley of Laredo, who disregarded a stop sign at the intersection. Their vehicle then collided with a 2007 Mack bobtail tractor driven by Rene Gutierrez Elizondo, 46, of Laredo. Esther was pronounced dead on the scene. James’ condition was unknown. Elizondo did not sustain injuries but was…

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A driver was killed Sunday afternoon after his car was rear-ended by an off-duty Bexar County sheriff's deputy on U.S. 90. Jose Olveda, 57, was heading east of the highway near the Nogalitos Street exit when his car either stalled or was moving very slowly and a deputy’s car struck the back of his vehicle. The two cars then spun into a concrete median. Olveda was pinned inside his car and died at the scene of the wreck. His two passengers were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police said the deputy was behind another vehicle that suddenly…

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