Category Archives: Car Accident
Texas mother, child die when driver’s rage causes head-on crash
Unintended victims are still victims. The attention Dallas drivers, occupied with talking and texting on cellphones, aren’t giving to the road can cause a car accident. Do they mean harm? Not likely. Will the distraction cause a collision? Not always, but the risk of a crash grows each time a driver’s senses are diverted…. Read More »
Bicycle-auto crash rates high in Dallas and Denton Counties
Dallas and Denton Counties share a common statistic that makes neither county proud. Both areas recorded some of the highest auto-bicycle collision rates in North Texas last year. According to state transportation officials, the counties had nine car accidents involving bicyclists in 2012 for every 100,000 vehicle registrations. Over half of Denton’s 280 motor… Read More »
Texas family suffers catastrophic losses in suspected DUI crash
Survivors of Dallas motor vehicle accidents and their families understand injuries are often more than temporary inconveniences. Even non-life-threatening injuries can be painful or disabling for weeks or months. Treatment and rehabilitation delays returning to work and threatens finances. Other relatives’ lifestyles are altered to care for an injured family member. An auto accident… Read More »
2 Texas passengers die when car in no-passing zone loses control
A driver’s actions determine how safe a passenger is. As obvious as that sounds, it is easy to forget the control of a vehicle and wellbeing of all occupants rest with a single person. A driver assumes a passenger approves of his or her ability to operate a motor vehicle. A passenger takes for… Read More »
License restrictions lowered Texas, U.S. teen fatality rates
Five teens riding in a car north of Amarillo died when the vehicle collided with a fuel tanker. Texas Panhandle authorities are still investigating months after the fatal car accident near Dumas. Police determined the 17-year-old car driver pulled out in front of the truck. The only person to survive the crash was the… Read More »
DUI blamed for 3 deaths in Dallas area hit-and-run crash
Police near Dallas recently reported a triple fatality. Authorities said an overnight drunk driving accident caused the deaths of a couple and their infant daughter. The 41-year-old man charged with the hit-and-run crash tried to flee. The small family was headed home on Interstate 30 after food shopping at a nearby Wal-Mart. The car… Read More »
Tragedy Strikes Indianapolis Family
Tragedy struck an Indianapolis family when their pickup truck rolled over in Hooks, Texas, about 15 miles west of Texarkana. Three passengers, Belen Morales, 44, Jesus Ochoa, 49 and Isaac Morales-Ochoa, 12, were killed when they were ejected from the truck. Eyewitnesses to the accident report that the truck crossed the center line of… Read More »
Coaster fall, death at Six Flags near Dallas ruled accidental
A recent fatal accident at Six Flags Over Texas has prompted a nationwide discussion about the safety of amusement park rides. A Dallas woman fell to her death from a moving roller coaster known as the Texas Giant. A report from the Tarrant County medical examiner stated the victim died from several traumatic injuries…. Read More »
Texas website shares victims, families DWI accident stories
Public awareness and focused law enforcement campaigns are used to highlight the consequences of drunk driving. Texas Department of Transportation officials recently activated facesofdrunkdriving.com to share the stories of drunk-driving accident victims and their families. The website announcement came just before the high-traffic Fourth of July holiday and a state-sanctioned crackdown called a “no-refusal… Read More »
Details few for crash near Dallas that killed 4, injured 9
A late-night accident in a rural area of a Fort Worth suburb killed four people. The victims who died in the multi-vehicle car accident were a stranded motorist alongside an unlit road and three people trying to assist her, including a Burleson minister. Tarrant County emergency personal found a number of teens among the… Read More »
