Laken Cole Souser In Critical Condition

A Cleburne man remained in critical condition as of Monday after a motorcycle accident last Sunday. Laken Cole Souser, 26, was heading west on a Suzuki motorcycle at about 7:50 p.m. near the intersection of Westmeadow and West Henderson streets. According to witnesses, Souser was doing a wheelie down the roadway at the time. Souser’s bike was travelling at an undetermined speed when it collided with a Chevrolet 1500 as it turned from Westmeadow Drive onto West Henderson Street. Souser was life-flighted to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. The car’s driver told police he did not see…

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A highway worker was hit by an 18-wheeler as he worked along Interstate 35 in Lacy Lakeview early Tuesday morning. At around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, Manuel Rivas, 42, of Houston, was working on the highway near mile marker 342 when an 18-wheeler heading north struck him. Other site workers said the driver of a brown Ford dually pickup pulled alongside the truck-tractor and tried to get the driver’s attention so he would stop, but failed to do so. The Lacy Lakeview officers and police in West and Hillsboro were not able to locate the truck-tractor. Rivas was pronounced dead at…

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A two-car collision in U.S. Highway 281 on a rainy Sunday afternoon claimed the lives of a mother and her 8-year-old son. Sheryl Evans, 39, was travelling south in the 2600 block of South Water in a 2004 Hyundai car when she lost control after hydroplaning. She veered onto the northbound lane and an oncoming vehicle t-boned her driver’s side door. Evans and her 8-year-old son were instantly killed in the collision. The boy’s name has not been released as of Sunday night. The passenger and driver of the other car, identified as Larry and Sarah Stewart from Troy, Texas,…

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A head-on crash near the Bossier-Webster parish line killed a Doyline teen and injured two others. At about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a 1999 Dodge Caravan was heading east on LA Highway 164 when it crossed the center line and struck a 2006 Hyundai Elantra. The impact killed 15-year-old Matthew Kirkheart, a passenger of the Dodge Caravan. He sustained fatal injuries during the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the van, Joshua Kirkheart, 17, of Doyline, and the car’s driver, Aaron Hickinbottom, 19, of Lubbock, Texas, both sustained life-threatening injuries. A total of seven people were…

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A rollover accident in Parmer County, about 85 miles northwest of Lubbock, on Saturday killed an Austin teenager and injured five other people. Jordan Simms, 14, of Round Rock, was a passenger in an SUV Saturday morning when the driver fell asleep and drove into the median of U.S. Highway 70. The driver lost control of the vehicle when trying to recover and it rolled over multiple times before landing on its top, said the Department of Public Safety. Simms was ejected from the vehicle. It was reported that he was the only one not wearing a seatbelt. The other…

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A man was killed in the motorcycle crash in Amarillo Sunday night. Michael Hodges, 38, was transported to a local hospital after he lost control of his bike and later died from his injuries. Hodges had been traveling westbound on 6th Street and lost control. He fell off from his bike and slid across his lane of traffic into oncoming traffic. He struck an eastbound Cadillac Escalade truck's driver side door. The incident happened at about 7 p.m. at 3700 block of Southwest 6th. Police said speed was a factor in the fatal motorcycle crash. The crash is pending investigation.

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A Huntsville pilot has been killed after his small plane crashed in Bullard area, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the victim of the crash Wednesday afternoon was identified as 51-year-old Stephen Annis. His plane went down in a wooded area near Lake Palestine. Annis was the only one flying the plane. Pieces of rubble were found among the trees and on a road. Investigators are identifying the cause of the crash.

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A two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 87 South at Old Comfort Road Tuesday afternoon killed two people and injured one. Three people from Fredericksburg were in a 2003 Chevy Town & Country van heading south on U.S. Highway 87. They stopped on the highway, ready to make a left turn onto Old Comfort Road when the vehicle was stuck from behind by a 2005 Ford F350. Evan Bohnert, 74, and his wife, Betty Bohnert, 68, were pronounced dead on the scene. Bradley Bohnert, 36, was injured and airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio. His current condition was unavailable as…

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Two U.S. Army soldiers from Texas died in a helicopter crash last week in Afghanistan. According to the Department of Defense, 28-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thalia S. Ramirez of San Antonio and 31-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose L. Montenegro Jr. of Houston, died on Sept. 5, when their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior crashed in Logar Province, Afghanistan. Both were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. and were nearing the end of their year-long deployment in Afghanistan. The cause of the crash is yet to be determined but…

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A chopper crashed on Highway 90 near Crosby on Monday killing two people. An R-22 Robinson helicopter went into a tailspin just a few minutes after it had fueled up in Baytown and crashed at around 3:30 p.m. on the property of Oilfield Pipeline Co. near Miller Road and Crosby Freeway. The pilot, Christopher Yeager, 40, and his passenger, photographer Joyce Ates, 60, were killed. Texas Department of Public Safety and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the wreck.

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