Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Will the Texas Legislature Really Approve Lane Splitting?

  Brooks Schuelke | March 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 25 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Before reading this blog post, watch a portion of the video below (don't watch the entire thing or you'll get motion sickness). Did you watch it? If you did, thanks for listening. If you...

• Austin is #1, But For Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | July 10, 2008 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It's not unusual for publications to print articles touting Austin as a great place to live, but last week, we were tops on the wrong kind of list. A study by Allstate Insurance Company found that...

• Update: Liberty Bell Accident

  RLF Staff | April 01, 2008 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In an update from yesterday's post about the Sunday night accident involving the caretaker of a Liberty Bell and Ten Commandments replicas, the driver of the historical display was apparently in...

• Motorcycle Accident Kills 63-Year-Old Man

  RLF Staff | April 01, 2008 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Taking a motorcycle ride with his son just after midnight this morning, a 63-year-old man died when he fell from his motorcycle. He apparently struck an object along Interstate 30 in Fort Worth. His...

• Truck Toting Liberty Bell Replica Hit

  RLF Staff | March 31, 2008 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man who regularly transports a replication of the Liberty Bell and the Ten Commandments stone tablets to the funerals of area veterans was injured Sunday night in a Dallas suburb when his truck was struck by a sport utility vehicle (SUV). He had apparently stopped on the westbound shoulder of a Highway 121 access road to strap the objects to the trailer when a suburbun hit the truck....

• Tejano Star Injured In Bus Wreck

  Brooks Schuelke | March 24, 2008 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  They say you've made it when people know you by one name. And in the world of Texas Tejano music, there are few, if any, bigger stars than Emilio. Unfortunately, the Grammy winner suffered serious injuries after a bus wreck this weekend. Emilio apparently sustained severe head injuries in the wreck, and he is taking part in a study using hypothermia to treat his brain injury. While this...

• Hit-and-Run Accident Knocks 13-Year-Old Cyclist Unconscious

  RLF Staff | March 20, 2008 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A young teen driver fled the scene after striking a 13-year-old boy who was riding his bike in Rowlett Wednesday. According to a witness, the driver stopped a few blocks away and was later arrested on a charge of failure to stop and render aid. The boy was knocked unconscious by the blow. A helicopter flew the victim to Parkland Memorial Hospital, and his condition was not available at the time...

• Pros and Cons of Sturdier Cars

  RLF Staff | March 19, 2008 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While reinforced alloys, impact-absorbing crumple zones and dozens of air bags in today's passenger vehicles certainly help save lives, the newer designs are also hindering rescue efforts. Hydraulic cutters commonly used by rescue crews to remove injured persons from a vehicle are less effective and sometimes worthless on the stronger car frames, making such efforts take much longer than before...

• Two Men Hurt When Intoxicated Driver Hits Parked Car

  Beth Janicek | March 18, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two men were stopped on the shoulder of I-37 early Sunday morning to change a flat tire. Jonathon Gutierrez struck the men's parked vehicle injuring them. Jeremy Sanchez was thrown over the guardrail and broke his right thigh bone and Andrew Borego broke his left leg. Bond was set at $10,000 for Jonathon Gutierrez, 22. At the scene, Gutierrez appeared "dazed and confused," had bloodshot eyes...

• Dallas Plagued by Drunken Driving Accidents

  RLF Staff | March 17, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 4-year-old girl. An 18-year-old man. A 60-year-old man. Someone's baby girl. Someone's brother. Someone's dad... All victims of fatal accidents involving suspected drunken drivers in the Dallas area.The 4-year-old Haltom City girl, Kaitlyn Sanchez, died about 10 p.m. March 14, an hour after a 32-year-old drunken driving suspect rear-ended the Ford station wagon in which she was riding. Marcial...