Category Archives: Drunk Driving Accident
Safe Driving Tips for the Holidays
The holidays provide a great opportunity to spend quality time celebrating with family and friends. If you’re attending Christmas gatherings and New Year’s Eve parties over the next two weeks, remember to act responsibly and avoid driving drunk. Drunk driving car accidents tend to spike during the holiday season, and the consequences are often… Read More »
Galveston tourist killed, 4 injured in suspected DUI crash
One tourist was killed and four people were hurt in a Galveston car accident on a late Saturday night. Police have charged a Conroe man with intoxication manslaughter and assault for ploughing his Infinity G35 into a horse-drawn carriage. The carriage operator was transporting a Sugarland couple to the beach following a birthday celebration… Read More »
Texas Tech students charged with 3 deaths in pickup crash
A single-vehicle crash in Lubbock killed three men, including an elderly bicyclist and two passengers. The driver of a pickup truck, a student at Texas Tech, was injured but survived the crash. Police were quick to arrest the 26-year-old upon the driver’s release from medical treatment at UMC several days after the fatal car… Read More »
Uncle sentenced to life for drunk-driving death of niece
A lifetime prison sentence was handed down by a Henderson County court for a Palestine man accused of a fatal 2009 drunk-driving accident. The single-vehicle car accident claimed the life of the defendant’s adult niece. Athens police detectives say the 41-year-old driver admitted he had spent the night before the crash drinking three or… Read More »
DWI suspected in East Texas after-school injury crash
Police near Galveston reported a drunk driving accident at a school bus stop injured two girls and their grandfather. A 61-year-old Kountze man is being held on more than $800,000 bond for the hit-and-run car accident in Silsbee. Investigators say the grandfather and the girls, a first-grader and a fourth-grader, were crossing FM 418,… Read More »
One woman, twin brothers killed in crash
Three people, including twin brothers, died in a Monday morning single-vehicle crash in Arlington. An Arlington police officer discovered the car accident along Southeast Green Oaks Boulevard during a routine patrol at about 3 a.m. The officer saw an unusual glimmer of light along the road in front of Ferguson Junior High School. A… Read More »
Deaths of 4 blamed on Texas teenager’s alleged drunk driving
A Washington County, Texas, teenager was imprisoned on $2 million bond following his arrest for a drunk driving accident that took the lives of four people. The 19-year-old illegal immigrant is charged with intoxication vehicular manslaughter just weeks after another arrest for driving while under the influence. A Brenham police officer had stopped the… Read More »
2 injured in Texas wrong-way drunk driving crash
Two Dallas-area drivers were seriously hurt in a drunk-driving accident on the North Central Expressway. Police believe one driver, who was traveling on the highway in the wrong direction, was speeding and intoxicated when the middle-of-the-night car accident occurred. Investigators say the drunk driver may have reached speeds of 80 miles per hour as… Read More »
