The Huffington Post reports that "multiple" passengers were hurt when a bus and a FedEx truck hit each other - apparently the FedEx driver was in a hurry because he ran a red light and caused the truck wreck. There were more than 20 people who were injured in this...
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Month: January 2012
Long sentence handed down in Texas DWI case
"Sorry just isn't good enough. I am sorry though ... I took your family away from you. If I could absorb your pain and hurt, I would." That's the 40-year-old woman who was recently convicted of drunk driving, a case that involved the deaths of four people in the...
Texas Oil Boom: More Money, More Worker Safety Problems
The oil boom in Texas has resulted in big money for drilling companies but big oilfield injuries for workers, according to a CBS News report. A new pipeline south of San Antonio and the prospect of earning up to $45 per hour are drawing people by the thousands to...
Report touts ‘economic treasure’ of Eagle Ford, we caution against accidents
As Elizabeth Ames Jones writes for the San Antonio Express-News, the Eagle Ford Shale natural gas deposits - where much hydrofracking and oil drilling takes place - is a veritable "economic treasure," a place that accounts for a full six percent of gross product for...
A fatal car wreck and the Texas Tort Claims Act
As Alyssa Johnston reports for the Times Record News, city counselors in one Texas town are now considering settling the wrongful death claims arising out of a fatal car wreck - involving a police car - for the limits of $500,000 under the Texas Tort Claims Act in...
Owner of trucking company helps create false ‘comic books’
In the commercial trucking business, truck drivers must keep records of their driving activity - how long they've been behind the wheel. The rules are known as "hours-of-service," and truckers aren't supposed to drive longer than they're allowed; the hours-of-service...
Car crash claims life of former Texas Rangers baseball pitcher
The Texas Rangers lost one of its former players - the 32-year-old pitcher Rosman Garcia - in a car crash in Venezuela (Garcia is originally from Venezuela) in late December. Garcia had been playing for the Aragua Tigers in his home country. Prior to that, Garcia had...
Mother creates Facebook page with anti-DWI message
"I wanted people to know this could happen to anybody," says Tracy Leal, a mother who lost her daughter in a drunk driving accident, as T.J. Aulds reports for the Daily News. Leal is referring to those who are arrested for DWI; she saw that many of the arrestees were...