First Fatal Crash on Texas Highway with Nation’s Fastest Speed Limit

A fatal accident happened on the Texas toll highway with the nation’s fastest speed limit at 85 mph on Sunday, the day when it just began charging drivers. Police are still investigating the cause of the two-vehicle crash that killed a woman, identified as 60-year-old Martha Melinda Harris of Lockhart, Texas, at around 1:45 p.m. on Highway 130. Harris had just entered the toll road from the ramp when her Honda Civic collided with a Chevy Tahoe in the southbound lanes of the highway. The Chevy Tahoe’s driver and passenger sustained minor injuries. Police did not say if speed was…

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After you've been involved in an accident or personal injury, it is imperative that you know exactly how to proceed to make sure your rights are protected and you are properly compensated. With any type of personal injury where there was negligence and you are not at fault, it is important that you retain a personal injury attorney as soon as feasible. Time can be of an essence when you have been injured. Many things can happen in a short time that can hamper your ability to collect damages in a lawsuit. Be careful of what you say and do…

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Following the announcement that Rad Law Firm's personal injury attorneys are investigating unsafe escalators at DFW airport and other airports. As we continue to put our clients' needs first, we are taking a proactive stance into preventing serious injuries and stimulating businesses, organizations and institutions to create a safe environment for visitors. If you have faced any kind of personal injury due to an accident while riding airport escalators, let Rad Law Firm handle your case. These experienced and aggressive personal injury attorneys will inform you about your rights and assist you in all the legal proceedings. You can read…

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A two-vehicle traffic accident in Marshall Texas Wednesday morning left one person dead. The fatal crash happened at the intersection of FM Road 1998 and Loop 390 at around 8a.m. Marshall Police Department said a two-door passenger car was heading east on FM Road 1998 and attempted to cross over Loop 390 when a loaded log truck heading northbound on Loop 390 slammed into the car. The driver of the passenger car, identified by authorities as David Joseph Belgard, 32, of Marshall, was transported to a local hospital where he later died from injuries sustained in the crash. This crash…

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Two people died in a two-vehicle crash in northwest Houston Tuesday morning. Houston Police Department identified the victims as Jose Tovar, of Houston, and passenger Digna Evceda, both were 69 years old. The two victims were driving a green Mazda Protege heading north on Southerland near W. 43rd when the accident happened at around 6:30 a.m. in the 6800 block of W. 43rd. As they pulled away from a stop sign, a speeding white GMC Sierra pickup truck traveling east on W. 43rd crashed into them. Tovar and Evceda were killed in the wreck. The unidentified driver of the pickup…

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Tuesday's deadly crash claimed the life of one Hallsville High School student and critically injured two other teenagers. Hallsville Police said the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon when the driver, 18-year-old Samuel Ellis, lost control of the vehicle, left the road and crashed into a tree on Willow Road. One passenger, 16-year-old Alejandro Olvera, was pronounced dead on the scene. Ellis and another passenger, 17-year-old Austin Urbellis, were transported to a Longview hospital in critical condition. All three were students at Hallsville High School. They were all wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.

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A west Texas man died in a single-engine plane crash in Anadarko, OK on Tuesday. Robert Glasscock, 62, of Lubbock, was operating a Piper PA-28 Tuesday afternoon flying to Anadarko from Crosbyton Municipal Airport in Texas, about 60 miles east of Lubbock, when the plane went down near the Anadarko airport. The plane caught fire on impact, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford. The FAA and the National Transportation Board are investigating the crash.

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A man died early Monday morning after apparently jumping out of a moving vehicle in the 2500 block of Jackson Keller Road. According to an incident report, Gregory Saenz, 36, left a bar with his girlfriend and another man before the accident happened at about 1 a.m. The couple was having an argument inside the vehicle while the woman was driving. The man riding in the back heard the woman tell Saenz, who had been drinking the whole day prior to the accident, to get out of the truck. That is when the victim said he was going home and…

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A 40-year-old man was killed in a backhoe accident while working at a Southeast Texas shipyard Monday afternoon. Officials said the crew was digging a hole on a project when James Mays of Channelview was operating a backhoe from outside the cab and got pinned by the boom. Mays was working at Southwest Shipyard as a contract employee.

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A sophomore student of Texas A&M University was struck and killed by a freight train early Sunday morning near the 100 block of Wellborn Rd North. The incident happened at approximately 3 a.m. when Garrett Cole Luce, 19, of College Station, was seen lying on the tracks and got hit by the train that failed to stop before impact. According to Union Pacific Railroads Spokesperson Raquel Espinoza, the engineer sounded the whistle as soon as he realized it was a person on the tracks. The train whistle sounded two different times before the accident and put the train into emergency…

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