The school year has scarcely started and already a Texas school bus crashed into a semi-truck at a traffic light, injuring several children. The bus accident occurred on the way to school, with 63 passengers on board. After finishing its morning route and picking up a...
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Month: August 2012
Semi-truck crashes while speeding around a turn, spills chemicals
Another Texas truck driver lost control of a semi this week, causing a big rig crash and spilling oil-related chemicals in the roadway. While no one was hurt, the tractor trailer accident is another example of how dangerous a speeding truck can be. The crash occurred...
Dogs kill family pet and threaten elderly woman
A south Texas neighborhood is frustrated by threatening behavior from a pair of pit bulls. The two dogs recently killed a neighbor's pet and charged at an older woman sitting on her porch. After the attack, neighbors fear similar dog bite incidents. This attack...
Refinery fire adds another safety incident to Chevron’s record
Although the oil and gas industry has always involved a higher than average risk of accidents, Chevron has generally had a better safety record than other companies. Several serious accidents in the last few years have undermined that record. Oil and gas field...
Surge in San Antonio cars crashing into buildings last week
In four separate incidents last week, drivers drove their vehicles into houses around San Antonio. The crashes resulted from various causes but three of them involved teen drivers. Teenage drivers are often more likely to cause car accidents. In one of the crashes, a...
Tire blowout causes SUV rollover, killing five children
An SUV rollover tragically killed five children in Texas this week. A tire blowout, a frequent factor in rollover accidents, apparently caused the crash. At the time of the crash, the SUV was bound for a Texas waterpark carrying nine children and three adults. The...
Pit bull discrimination? Recent news about breed-specific legislation
A county-wide ban on pit bulls (Miami-Dade in Florida) will stay in place, as it has for more than 20 years, reports Elinor J. Brecher for the Miami Herald. The original 1989 ban came about after an 8-year-old child suffered horrendous dog bite injuries from a pit...
Latest DWI statistics include alcohol-related accidents involving truckers
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), only three percent of truck drivers of large commercial trucks (like 18 wheelers) had consumed any amount of alcohol and then got behind the wheel and caused or were otherwise involved in a fatal...
Another Fatal Eagle Ford Shale-Related Truck Accident in McMullen County on Sunday
As Jennifer Hiller reports for San Antonio Express-News, another fatal truck wreck happened on Sunday, ending the life of a 26-year-old oil tanker driver. The driver of a second oil tanker failed to yield on Texas 16. This is the latest wreck in August. In July, an...
The Lost Art of the Turn Signal: Why Drivers Don’t Care, but Should
This is a guest post by the personal injury trial attorneys of Console & Hollawell in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Turn signals prevent auto accidents, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has the data to back up the claim. A 2009 study...