Gary Lleverino and Javier Cruz Dead after Tractor-Trailer Accident

Two men were killed in a two tractor-trailer crash early Tuesday along Texas 44, about 10 miles east of Interstate 35. Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Trooper Eliseo Ceja said authorities responded to a two-vehicle collision at about 3 a.m. on mile marker 446 of Texas 44. A 2000 Kenwood tractor driven westbound by Laredo resident Gary Lleverino, 36, crossed into incoming traffic and collided with a 1997 tractor-truck driven by Javier Cruz, 47, of Encina. The two drivers were killed in the wreck, Ceja said. Cruz’s passenger, 44-year-old Juan Manuel Ramirez, survived the accident.

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A man died at a Houston hospital Monday, three days after he was hurt in a motorcycle crash in Polk County. DPS says 66-year-old Herman William Bullock of Point Blank was pronounced dead at 11:55 a.m. Monday. The accident happened at 2:44 p.m. Friday on US 190, three miles east of Onalaska. Bullock was driving his motorcycle heading west the highway when a 2002 Ford F150 stopped to make a left turn onto Forest Hills Loop. Bullock then crashed into the back of the Ford. The driver of the Ford, Rolando Lazaro Carreno of Onalaska, was uninjured. Bullock was not…

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A 75-year-old woman riding in a vehicle that crashed just north of the Rio Grande Valley has died, and wet roads are being blamed. State troopers identified the victim as Beatriz Alicia Garza of Weslaco, who died on impact. The wreck occurred at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday on the southbound lanes of Highway 77 just three miles south of Sarita. Garza was riding in a Dodge pickup truck heading south when it went into a side skid and struck a tree with its right passenger side. Investigators say the unidentified driver, a 74-year-old man from Donna, lost control of the…

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Four people were killed in a head-on collision Sunday afternoon on Highway 281 in North Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the accident was triggered by a vehicle that crossed the center line into oncoming traffic on Erath County, about 65 miles southwest of Fort Worth. A southbound Volkswagen drifted into the northbound lane and crashed head-on into a Mercedes, DPS said. The driver of the Volkswagen, Courtney Kay Smalley, 18, of Lipan, and passenger, Kimberly G. Peacock, 19, of Fort Worth, along with the Mercedes’ occupants, Matthew Lee Keith, 29, of Searcy, Ark., the driver, and passenger…

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A freak accident on U.S. Highway 259 in Nacogdoches early Saturday morning left one woman dead. Texas Department of Public Safety trooper John Henley said the incident happened shortly after 2 a.m. Gregg Lazarine Jr., of Gary was driving a 2001 Dodge truck travelling north on U.S. 259 with his passenger, Brittany Marie Pierce, 25, of Nacogdoches. The truck slowed to make a U-turn in the roadway and as it was turning around, the passenger side door came open. Pierce fell from the moving truck onto the roadway. She was not wearing a seat belt. Pierce was taken to Medical…

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A fiery accident near downtown Dallas early Saturday claimed the life of one man. Carmen Castro, a spokeswoman with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, said the fatal crash occurred about 4 a.m. Saturday under the Houston Street viaduct at Interstate 35. The accident involved a collision between a minivan and an 18-wheeler. The driver of the minivan, 40-year-old Kevin Pogue, was pinned inside the minivan. Pogue was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Two men were killed following a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 158 in Midland County Saturday morning. The accident happened at about 6 a.m. when a northbound car driven by Zachary Dibble, 19, of Lampasas, crashed head on by a vehicle driven by Gonalo Barraz, 40, of Rio Grande. Dibble’s car was then hit by another truck. That's when a fourth truck crashed into wreck, troopers say. Dibble and Barraz were pronounced dead on the scene. A 46-year-old man was rushed to Midland Memorial Hospital in stable condition. The driver of the fourth truck was uninjured. Everyone involved in the crash…

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A single-vehicle crash killed one teenager and injured three others in Howe Friday afternoon. A car driven by John Wesley McDonough, a 19-year-old senior at Howe High School, flipped over on Bennett Road east of Howe at around 4:30 p.m. McDonough was driving north when he left the road causing the car to roll. He instantly died in the crash. His passengers, 16-year-old Nicholas Caro and 15-year-old Aiden Shaw-Brown of Sherman were flown to a Dallas area hospital while 18-year-old William Shaw of Sherman was rushed to a local hospital with minor injuries. Friends say the group were in a…

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Rad Law Firm is paying close attention to the events that occurred in West, Texas on April 17, 2013. A fire at the West Fertilizer Company led to a massive explosion that claimed the lives of 14 and injured 200 people. It leveled the area near the plant, including homes, a nursing home, and a middle school. Citizens are now being allowed to return home after law enforcement ruled out any criminality involved in the explosion. The cause of the explosion is still unclear. Fertilizer production and storage comes with some risks. The West Texas plant stored both anhydrous ammonia…

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A devastating explosion at a Fertilizer Plant 19 miles north of Waco, Texas killed 35 people and injured more than 160. "It was like a nuclear bomb went off," said Mayor of West, Texas,Tommy Muska. Muska added the fire and blast happened just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Among the victims were four emergency responders and five volunteer firefighters who were battling a blaze at the plant when the massive explosion followed. The captain of Dallas Fire-Rescue, Kenny Harris, who was off-duty but rushed to the scene to help, was also killed. Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper D.L. Wilson…

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