Category Archives: Texas
Texas police investigate crash that killed two young adults
Accident investigators are evidence gatherers. Police inspect car accident scenes and talk to witnesses to determine whether laws were broken. Criminal charges and prosecution may follow. Evidence of a crime is not necessary for accident victims and families to request compensation for driver negligence. An east central Texas crash involving a pair of trucks… Read More »
High school junior dies, three hurt in Texas street race
San Antonio police said a Texas high school senior lost her life in a crash that apparently was linked to street racing. The car accident occurred when the vehicle in which four students were riding struck a pick-up truck. According to investigators’ reports, the teen and three other students from Brandeis High School were… Read More »
Sex abuse of child sends Texas relative to jail for eight years
Child sexual abuse is a crime often perpetrated by someone the victim knows. Abusers can be trusted authority figures like athletic coaches, religious leaders and teachers or even someone in the victim’s own family. A Dallas court recently sentenced a 41-year-old man for the sexual abuse of a young male relative. The victim was… Read More »
Texas fatality recorded on new high-speed highway
“Everything is bigger in Texas” could become “Everything is bigger and faster in Texas” with the opening of the country’s speediest highway. Drivers on the final 41-mile stretch of Highway 130 can travel the toll road at up to 85 mph between San Antonio and Austin. Four auto accidents involving wild hogs occurred the… Read More »
Second plane from Texas airport involved in fatal crash; 4 dead
Two planes that took off from Northwest Regional Airport crashed within two weeks of one another. The unusually close occurrence of fatal airplane accidents at the Roanoke facility in Texas has puzzled officials. No parallels seem to exist that connect the two aviation accidents, although investigators are still trying to determine what happened in… Read More »
Police sift crash evidence in Texas teen’s death
Circumstances surrounding the death of a Texas City teenager are under investigation in Galveston. The Ford Mustang that the 18-year-old and four others occupied plummeted off a seawall close to East Beach. A preliminary police report dismissed the possibility of a drunk driving accident. A reconstruction team is examining evidence for other possibilities for… 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 »
Five people injured in Texas plane crash
All five people — a pilot and four passengers — aboard a Cessna 401-A were hurt when the plane crashed during a failed landing in east Texas. Initial investigative reports indicate that the aviation accident may have been caused by weather conditions or mechanical difficulties. The twin-engine aircraft went down as it touched the… Read More »
Ex-Baptist minister charged with sex abuse of 3 teen relatives
A former Texas minister was arrested recently at his home in Jim Wells County and charged with the alleged sexual abuse of three teenage relatives. The sexual assaults were first reported by an 18-year-old woman who told police she was molested by the church leader in 2009. County sheriff’s deputies interviewed the 58-year-old ex-pastor,… Read More »
Investigation to take months in fatal bus accident
Driver fatigue is a factor being considered by officials investigating a Texas bus accident. The crash killed a college student and injured more than one dozen others on a school-sponsored trip. Texas Department of Public Safety officials and state police reported the 24-seat commercial vehicle was fully outfitted with seat belts. Only the driver,… Read More »