Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Dallas Student Killed in Semi Truck Accident

  RLF Staff | February 28, 2008 7:20 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 20-year-old college student was one of two reported deaths in a freak accident Wednesday. An 18-wheeler ran off a freeway ramp in downtown Dallas and landed on a car. Ashley Parra, a political science major at the University of North Texas, was on her way to work at a local restaurant when the semi truck jumped over the freeway ramp and crushed her car with her inside. The driver, David...

• 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...

• Former Austin Mayor Suffers Bicycle Accident

  Staff Writer | November 28, 2005 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Cyclist suffers serious injuries in accident. His helmet is likely responsible for saving his life.According to the Austin American Statesman, former Mayor Bruce Todd was severely injured in a cycling accident. Todd, 55, was participating in an Austin Cycling Association recreational ride when he fell face-first to the pavement, suffered a head injury and multiple broken bones in the 2:45 p.m....

• Deadly Weekend For Austin Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | March 03, 2008 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This weekend was another sobering reminder about the risk of auto accidents on Austin's roads. Yesterday, a teenager died in a car wreck on Texas 71 near Bee Creek. This is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in town. Since October 2006, eleven people have died in auto accidents on this two mile stretch. In fact, Austin news station KXAN ran a story just last week talking about the...

• San Antonio Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 16, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car was driven off the road on Loop 1604 and then flipped in the center median. The 25-year-old driver of the car was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the car. She was then hit by another car. The victim was driving a Honda Accord west on North Loop 1604 at a high rate of speed, according to witnesses quoted in a police report. Somehow the car drove off the roadway and flipped...

• Ice Storm Causes Multi-Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 17, 2007 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Due to icy road conditions a car slid on U.S. 183 by McNeil Drive creating a multi-car pile-up. No one was seriously injured.The first car started the accident after sliding on the ice. It was rear-ended causing a chain reaction of at least 3 cars. "Everything happened very slowly. It was really scary," said Jose Gonzalez, a passenger in a blue 1998 GMC truck involved in the crash. Gonzalez...

• Car Accident Kills 17-Year-Old

  Shannon Weidemann | January 16, 2007 11:00 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A teenager was fatally injured in a car accident on South Capital of Texas Highway near Westlake Drive, after the car she was a passenger in was struck by another vehicle. Brooke Lowe was riding in the front seat of a 2000 Oldsmobile when the driver made a U-turn and was hit by a green 2004 Dodge pickup truck. She died after doctors at Brackenridge Hospital tried to save her.An investigation...

• Teen Drivers Responsible for 31,000 Auto Accident Deaths

  Robert Wolf | January 18, 2006 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An analysis of federal crash statistics by the American Automobile Association (AAA) Foundation for Traffic Safety found that approximately 31,000 people were killed in crashes involving teenage drivers between the ages of 15 and 17 from the years 1995 to 2004. "While we may think of this as being a teen driver problem, it really affects a much broader audience," said Robert Darbelnet, AAA...

• Car Accident Kills Two People in Karnes

  Beth Janicek | December 24, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday two people were killed in a head on collision. The accident was possible caused by a driver falling asleep and crossing into oncoming traffic. Neccia Hoskins tried to avoid the accident by moving to the shoulder.

• San Antonio Car Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | August 28, 2007 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident in San Antonio has left two people dead and two others injured. The accident happened on Saturday morning on Loop 1604 at Bandera Road. A woman driving a Toyota was killed. The injured were taken to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries. Estrada said the man was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck westbound on Loop 1604 and crossed the grass median into oncoming...