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"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...
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...
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...
An 11-year-old boy was driving his go-kart on the sidewalk near his home when he was struck and dragged by a woman in an SUV, who then drove off. She has since been charged for leaving the scene of an accident. Her attorney claims that she does not remember hitting...
"She was accepting of kids of all types, welcoming of everyone. I don't know how you could find a better kid," says the mother of a 16-year-old girl who was killed as a passenger in a car accident, as Jessica Rush reports for the Plano Star. The single-vehicle crash...
In one of the latest big rig crashes to occur on Texas highways, a load of McDonald's Styrofoam cups were the only casualty, as Jennifer Bell reports for the Kingwood Observer. The two truck drivers did not appear to be seriously injured. But the facts of the dual...
As Suzanne Gamboa reports for ABC News, a huge spike in deportations for criminal offenses under the Obama administration has "renewed skepticism" among critics who cite Obama's claim that his administration is focusing on deporting illegal immigrants who commit...
"You talk about fun, man," Jeffrey Ball quotes truck driver Gary Vann, reporting for the Wall Street Journal. Vann refers to the late 1990s, when gas was cheap and Vann could "hurtle down empty stretches of highway at 100 miles per hour," Ball writes. In our opinion,...
This is a related follow up to last week's blog post, in which we briefly discussed Reuter's report that big rigs from Mexico may soon be allowed to operate on U.S. roadways, but that Mexican big rigs will have to comply with rules regarding electronic monitoring in...
"You're going to get fired, and it's going to be hard to find another job," says American Trucking Association economist Bob Costello, as reported by Walker Moskop for San Antonio Express-News. Costello is referring to tighter regulations imposed on truck drivers in...
