San Antonio Police Detective Charles Campa said, "You've just got to pay attention - that's what it boils down to," as Jessica Kwong reports for the San Antonio Express-News. But Campa also said, "I think it was just a combination of bad lighting and the vehicle being...
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Month: August 2011
Big rig trailer hits overhead road sign, rests at 90 degree angle
Looking at the picture, you have to wonder what happened. As Kathryn Kattalia reports for the New York Daily News, the trailer on a big rig came to rest at almost 90 degrees after the trailer was lifted up by the big rig's hydraulics, causing traffic on the Houston...
Pickup Goes Wrong Way, Ends in Fatalities
There is absolutely no reference to drunk driving in Hollie O'Connor's report for the San Antonio Express-News, but the dozen or so online readers' comments on the story make good guesses as to what caused an accident involving a pickup truck and a big rig in Texas...
Man involved in 28 car accidents since 2000
There's a man who drives a tow truck and, as fate would have it, this man seems to be the brunt of extreme irony. He drives a tow truck, yet he seems to be the one most in need of his own services. He's been involved in 28 accidents since 2000, as Megan Luther reports...
Well-known businessman from Dallas killed in car wreck
"Mr. Wyly was a role model, friend and inspiration. He is among the finest people I have ever known. His contributions in business, philanthropy and civic leadership will forever be remembered," says Dallas businessman Charles Wyly's long-time lawyer. Wyly was killed...
Toward Energy Independence? Not Without Bumps in the Road
The Business of Mining for Natural Gas According to some reports, the United States is now the world's largest producer of natural gas - and natural gas is a resource that former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens from Amarillo, Texas, has been pushing for years. Pickens is...
Prison for drunk drivers sends a ‘stronger message’
Two separate DUI accidents involved telephone poles and killed passengers. Both drunk drivers got time behind bars rather than probation. As Craig Kapitan reports for San Antonio Express-News, the judge in one of the cases said to the defendant, "You seem to be a good...
Long string of bad luck includes a death from drunk driving
18-year-old Christopher Barrow was killed as a result of a drunk driver, making his 74-year-old mother, Zenoma Barrow, a survivor of every one of her five sons, save one, as Leslie Williams reports for NOLA.com. Two of those sons were struck and killed by cars while...