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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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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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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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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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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On Wednesday evening, February 4, an elderly couple were victims of a fatal pedestrian accident.

According to police the accident happened shortly before 7 p.m. along the FM 528 near Bay Area Boulevard in Friendswood in front of Brookside Intermediate School where two events were taking place that evening; a basketball game for boys and a concert.

The elderly couple, who were 66 year old Lina Kuehn Owen and 64 year old Larry Wayne Owen of Clear Lake were crossing the road in front of the school to go to the concert when they were hit by a Honda Accord driven by a 21 year old man from Webster.

Lina was pronounced dead at the scene and Larry was taken to hospital with critical injuries where he later died.

The driver remained at the scene having stopped immediately and gave police his full cooperation. Police say that no charges have been filed and the man has consented to a blood test while the investigation continues.

According to Friendswood officials, FM 528 is the most dangerous roadway in the city for pedestrians with fatalities occurring at night almost every year.

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On Wednesday, December 2 a McAllen ISD school bus was involved in a two vehicle collision.

According to the McAllen Police Department, the accident happened at around 12.30 p.m. when the bus was carrying students from McAllen Memorial High School, near the intersection of North 2nd and Business 83. The bus was involved in a collision with a white vehicle.

School officials sent three nurses to the scene to assist the 23 students, one teacher and the bus driver but there were no serious injuries. One mother chose to take her child to hospital and the child was later released and in addition, the bus driver was also transported as a precaution to a McAllen hospital and then released. It is thought that one person in the white vehicle was taken to hospital by ambulance but no further information was available.

The crash is still under investigation.

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