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Truck Plunged From Overpass

December 31, 2016 By

On Wednesday morning, December 21, a person died when a truck plunged from an elevated overpass.

According to the Houston Police Department the crash happened at around 7 a.m on the outbound Eastex Freeway near the 610 North Loop on U.S. 59 in north Houston.

The driver was going northbound on the freeway and then went onto the ramp to proceed westbound on the north loop. He then lost control of the truck, which flew off the ramp to land underneath on the eastex Freeway. The truck was full of alcoholic beverages and immediately caught fire.

The as yet unidentified driver died at the scene, and there were no more injuries.

According to the police investigation it is still unclear why the driver lost control of the truck, although they say that from the information collected so far, it is clear that he was travelling at too great a speed on the ramp.

Rush hour traffic was held up for long distances for a long time while the truck was cleared from the scene.

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Filed Under: Truck accident

Fatal Motorcycle Accident

November 30, 2016 By

On the morning of Friday, November 18 there was a fatal motorcycle accident.

According to police the accident happened around 7.15 in the morning on the Houston Public Road, EBD. Due to the fact that there is heavy congestion in the peak morning rush hours, vehicles are allowed to travel north on the western side of the eastern carriageway. Harry Bridgemohan, aged 26 years, of Patentia Housing Scheme, WBD was riding his motorcycle south between the two lane of vehicles proceeding north and south when he lost control and collided with the right front of a motor car which was traveling north. He then fell off his motorcycle following the impact and was unconscious.

He was taken to Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries shortly before 1 p.m. The driver of the car is in police custody assisting with the investigation.

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Filed Under: Motorcycle accident

Woman Killed in Deadly Car Accident

October 31, 2016 By

Early on Sunday morning, October 23, there was a deadly car accident on the the Freeway in Houston

According to Houston police, the accident happened at around 1 a.m. on the I 10 eastbound at Washington Avenue when a blue SUV vehicle was heading eastbound and crashed into the rear of black vehicle which caused the black vehicle to be thrown onto the highway entrance ramp. Then another vehicle, a gold colored car ran into the blue vehicle and the female passenger in that vehicle was taken to Ben Taub where she died.

Many of those involved had to be extracted and six other people, including the suspected drunk driver, all were taken to the hospital for injuries.

According to the police they believe the driver of the blue car was under the influence of alcohol and if that is the case he will be facing intoxication manslaughter charges.

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Filed Under: Auto Accident

Fort Hood Accidents Reach Record High

September 30, 2016 By

Records from the massive army base at Fort Hood shows that the number of accident reached a record high in 2015.

According to the data there were 109 accidents in 2015 which is highest in 10 years, even though the number of soldiers at the base has fallen by around 20% since 2011. Since 2006 there have been 23 deaths and eight amputations. In addition the number of accidents involving death or serious injury has also increased from 42 in 2010 to 50 in 2015.

Several accidents are related to vehicles and in June, nine soldiers died when a transport truck fell into a creek which was swollen by rains. In the same month one soldier was killed and two injured when their vehicle overturned on a training run and two years previously, a soldier was killed when the door of his Humvee was jolted open and he fell out while driving on a trail to a training site.

In addition there are dozens of accidents during physical training with soldiers dying of heat stroke or exhaustion.

There does not appear to be any single reason for the increase.

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Filed Under: Accident statistics

Fatal Single Vehicle Accident in West Houston

August 31, 2016 By

Early on Sunday morning, August 14, there was a fatal single vehicle accident in West Houston.

According to police, the accident happened at around 3 a.m. at Gessner and Westheimer in West Houston. A man was driving a white Camry northbound on Gessner and he lost control of his vehicle went into a median, over corrected and went onto the opposite side of the road and hit a water main which broke, gushing water and then he hit a sign.

The impact caused the driver’s door to be ripped off and the rear seat passenger to be ejected. She died at the scene. The driver and the front seat passenger were not injured.

Police said that they conducted a field sobriety test on the driver and should he prove positive for intoxication he will be charged with manslaughter.

The accident is still under investigation.

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Filed Under: Auto Accident

Police Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash

July 31, 2016 By

On Tuesday, July 12 a Bellaire police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash.

According to the authorities, the accident happened shortly after 1.30 p.m. in a residential area on the 8500 block of Ferris, when 52 year old Officer Anthony Zarate was chasing suspected robbers.

Zarate had been approached in the parking lot of a Target store in the Meyerland shopping center by an employee of the store who told him two men had been stealing from the store and he thought they were armed. It was later discovered that they had a box cutter with them to cut off the security tags of the merchandise. Zarate approached them on foot but they drove off and so he followed them on his motorcycle but was unable to miss a trailer in the residential area of Ferris, hit it and was ejected. He was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Police are still looking for the suspected robbers but say they have identified a person of interest.

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Filed Under: Motorcycle accident

Truck Accident Takes Life of Member of Pearland ISD Board of Trustees

June 30, 2016 By

On Sunday, June 26 a member of Pearland ISD Board of Trustees was killed in a truck accident in Crockett County.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety the accident happened on the Interstate 10 at around 9.30 a.m.

Virgil Gant, aged 68 was driving his Ford F250 truck, with two passengers, west on the interstate and towing a camping trailer when strong cross winds caused the trailer to sway and skid off the road approximately 14 miles from Ozona.

The trailer became detached from the truck which rolled twice then stopped on the north side of the road. Gant was critically injured and was pronounced dead around an hour and a half later. The two passengers were also injured and were taken to Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo where they were reported to be in stable condition.

All three were wearing their safety belts at the time of the accident.

Gant was the longest-serving current member of the Pearland ISD Board of Trustees having served a total of 16 years. He was first elected in 1997 and served until 2006 and was again elected in 2009.

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Filed Under: Auto Accident

Distracted driving in Texas

May 31, 2016 By

Distracted driving is one of the major problems on the roads in Texas with almost every driver taking their eyes off the road at some time.

Distracted driving can lead to appalling accidents, and recently four teens, returning from spring break were killed or seriously injured near Corpus Christi when the 18 year old driver looked down at her cell phone at a map and crashed into a big rig.

In Texas one in five accidents are due to distracted driving which was over 100,000 accidents in 2014. The statistics relating to distracted driving in Texas are shocking. in 2013 there were 468 deaths and 3,214 serious injuries due solely to distracted driving.

There are now only four states across the country which allow texting and talking on the phone as well and surfing the web when driving and Texas is one of these. This is shown in the numbers of deaths from distracted driving.

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Filed Under: Road Safety

Man Charged in Connection with Fatal Crash

April 30, 2016 By

According to the Houston Police Department a man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash.

The accident happened early in the morning at 1.15 a.m. on April 16 on the Southwest Freeway.

A black Mercedes C240, was stopped in the middle of the Southwest Freeway Freeway and appeared to be disabled when it was struck by a grey Toyota Corolla. The driver of the Toyota, 26 year of Karaca Necmettin, got out of the vehicle and was standing next to the driver side door of the Mercedes when a Fiat 500, driven by 38 year old Randy Carvajal, hit the Toyota and then the driver of the Toyota who was on foot.

Necmettin was taken to hospital by paramedics where he was pronounced dead.

Carvajal, who is a teacher at Crespo Elementary School and National Cheer Association Champion coach at Biron Elite Cheer failed a field sobriety test and a blood test and said the accident was not his fault. He was taken into custody and charged with intoxicated manslaughter

If convicted, Carvajal could face two to twenty years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

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Filed Under: Auto Accident

Devastating Crash in Southwest Houston

March 29, 2016 By

Early on Wednesday morning, March 9 there was a devastating crash in southwest Houston involving an 18 wheeler and a Jeep.

According to authorities, the accident happened shortly before 2.30 a.m. at Briarpark Drive at Westheimer.

There was a collision between a Jeep and the semi tractor trailer as the driver of the Jeep, who was a woman in her 20s, was traveling at a high rate of speed and did not brake before smashing into the back of the big rig.

The force of the impact was so great that the back of the 18 wheeler sliced right through the Jeep and broke the back axel of the rig. It went into the driver’s seat meaning that firefighters had to carefully extract her.

The woman was taken to hospital suffering from critical injuries and the roadway was closed for several hours for the investigation and to clear the wreckage.

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Filed Under: Auto Accident
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