Category Archives: Fatalities
Experts Predict Surge in Labor Day Traffic Fatalities this Year
Estimates from the National Safety Council (NSC) indicate that we may experience the largest number of Labor Day auto accident fatalities in 8 years. The NSC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching ways to lower traffic fatalities, has also found that motor vehicle accident fatalities between January and June 2016 are up 9% from… 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 »
Texas immigrant families struggle with girls’ deaths
An older teen was arrested in Amarillo after he was turned over to police by his family. The 19-year-old suspect is accused of causing a fatal pedestrian-vehicle accident after striking and killing two friends walking at an intersection in the north Texas community. The girls killed in the car accident were 13- and 14-year-old… Read More »
More traffic, more fatal Texas crashes around Eagle Ford
Money, people and traffic keep rolling into McMullen County in South Texas. The county and about a dozen other counties surrounding it were not this active before the Eagle Ford Shale oil prospect opened a few years ago. While the economic boost to local communities has been welcome, the rapid and heavy increase of… Read More »
Fort Worth teen dies, 10 injured in Kaufman County crash
A Fort Worth teenager died in a Kaufman County auto accident. The 18-year-old was a passenger in a sport-utility vehicle caught up in four-car collision. The Texas Department of Public Safety was notified of the car accident on State Highway 243 round 8:20 p.m. According to investigators, the driver of an eastbound Cadillac Escalade… Read More »
Rented glider crashes in Wallis, kills three
An aviation accident in a small city in Austin County killed all three family members aboard, including a 3-year-old child. The glider was operated by an experienced glider pilot, the father-in-law of one passenger and the grandfather of the other passenger. The glider and the plane that towed the motorless aircraft into flight were… Read More »
Suspect in fatal Fort Worth crash found hiding in garage
A 61-year-old Fort Worth suspect tried everything he could to elude police and nearly escaped capture. The man was wanted for trying to pass off a counterfeit bill at a convenience store. He led police on a wild chase that included a fatal car accident and an almost-undetected hideaway. After a store clerk alerted… Read More »
Hawkins flag football player dies of on-field brain injuries
A Texas high school says it took all the necessary precautions. Investigators from the Hawkins Police Department and the local medical examiner’s office claim a 15-year-old high school student’s recent death from brain trauma was a mishap. The boy’s parents are dealing with the death of their child because of a school-sanctioned game. Reports… Read More »
Drunk driver sentenced for Richmond vehicular manslaughter
A Richmond, Texas driver may spend more time in prison than the number of years he has been alive. The 24-year-old’s sentences for intoxicated manslaughter, intoxicated assault and evidence tampering will be served concurrently, up to the longest sentence of 25 years. A fatal drunk-driving accident is the source of the charges. One woman… Read More »
