Arturo Salinas Killed in West Mt. Houston Crash

A man died and another injured in a two-vehicle crash in Harris County early Sunday morning. Arturo Salinas was pronounced dead on the scene of the crash which occurred at around 3:20 a.m. near the 2400 block of West Mt. Houston. Salinas was driving a silver 2007 Ford Taurus heading east down the northwest Harris County road when he crossed the median and entered the opposite lane, striking a maroon 1998 Nissan Pathfinder. Ricardo Zepata-Bernal, the driver of the Nissan, was transported to an area hospital with unknown conditions. Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating the crash.

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A Dallas police officer died Saturday afternoon in a head-on crash in Kendall County. Sr. Cpl. Recardo Trejo, 54, was pronounced dead on the scene after he collided with another vehicle near San Antonio at about 12:25 p.m. Trejo crossed into oncoming traffic as he headed around a curve going east on Texas 46 before he crashed head-on into another vehicle driven by Donald Moore of Pipe Creek. Officials said Moore is at University Hospital in good condition. The Dallas Police Department is grieving the loss of Trejo, who was a senior corporal and a 36-year veteran of the police…

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A two-vehicle wreck in Abilene early Saturday morning left a man and a woman dead. According to a statement from the Abilene Police Department, the accident happened at around 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of South 14th Street and Danville Drive. A northbound 2008 Nissan Altima failed to stop at a flashing red light at the intersection when its broadside was hit by a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer heading east on South 14th Street. Spencer LaBrie, 19, of Abilene, who was driving the Nissan with his passenger, Tiffany Haynes, 35, of Haskell, were transported to Hendrick Medical Center where they died…

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A Central Texas man died in a pickup truck crash along a rural road in Bell County Wednesday morning. The Department of Public Safety report says a 1989 Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling along Farm-to-Market Road 438 about a mile north of Troy when the driver lost control in a curve, left the roadway and hit several trees. The driver, Homer David Morris of Troy, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11 a.m. by Bell County Justice of the Peace David Barfield. Morris was reportedly not wearing a seat belt. An autopsy has been ordered and his body was…

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Two men are dead after Wednesday morning’s fiery crash in Atascosa County. The incident occurred at about 7 a.m. on FM 476 near Rogers Road, just outside of Poteet. A 1997 Pontiac, driven by Daniel Rivera Jr., 27, was heading east on FM 476 near Texas 16 when it swerved into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into a 1997 Honda. The Honda caught fire and the Poteet Volunteer Fire Department doused the flames. According to DPS Trooper Jason Reyes, its two occupants were badly burned and died in the wreck. The victims were identified as 29-year-old Dwayne Depute and 32-year-old…

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A rollover crash early Wednesday morning in Grand Prairie left one teenager dead and injured two other men. The crash occurred at about 2:45 a.m. when a Jeep Cherokee heading north on Highway 360 went out of control between New York Avenue and Camp Wisdom Road and flipped several times, ejecting its two passengers. One of the passengers, Lokuekim "Jessy" Kipasa, 18, was pronounced dead on the scene. The other, Donte Pierce, 21, was flown by helicopter to the hospital with serious injuries. Ashlee Straker, 21, who was driving the vehicle, literally walked away from the accident. He was found…

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Four people were killed following a rollover accident near the Kennedy County and Willacy County line early Tuesday morning. It was 1 a.m. when a group of Rio Grande Valley residents were driving back from a trip to Central Texas when the driver of the GMC Yukon they were driving in lost control of the vehicle causing it to roll over about three times. Preliminary reports said the passengers were not wearing seatbelts. Patricia Castro of Mercedes, Jason Anthony of Brownsville, Enrique Rodriguez of Edcouch and Sanricardo Ramirez of Harlingen were all killed in the crash. The male driver and…

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A Texas man was listed in critical condition Tuesday at Parkland after his truck veered off the road and slid down the Denison Dam. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers said that at approximately 2:30 p.m. a truck was seen smashing through the guardrail, rolling through the large rocks on the embankment. "The truck was really mashed up and witnesses state that no one had come out and that the vehicle was still intact, so we called for extrication and also rope rescue," said Denison Assistant Fire Chief Bill Ray, who arrived first on the scene. The driver was identified as Aristides Sanchez…

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Picture this scenario: You pull up to the Target parking lot, it’s business as usual, just grabbing some errands while you hurry home from work. All of the sudden you get hit by another car, you get out... it’s just a small fender bender, thank goodness. You feel your neck and back, it’s all good, so the only thing really affected here is your car. First you think “Wow, I’m glad it’s just material damage. That could have really wrecked my week”. Then a little devil pops up in your head and reminds you that you’ve been in a tight…

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A Texas man was injured following a semi-tractor trailer accident Tuesday afternoon on Interstate Highway 70 in Kansas. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, the accident happened at about 3:10 p.m. on Interstate Highway 70 about five miles east of the Ellsworth-Russell county line. A semi was travelling east in the passing lane when the driver’s attention was distracted. The semi left the road and struck a drainage culvert in a median before re-entering the road. The driver, identified as Jody J. Penn, 41, of Irving, Texas, was not injured and was wearing a seatbelt at the time of…

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