What do you get when you mix sleep apnea with truck driving? You get more accidents from driving while fatigued, as Frances Childress reports for the Examiner. According to a study published in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention, severely obese truck...
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Month: October 2012
Tips to prevent dog bites this Halloween
In anticipation of Halloween, CBS News in Dallas-Fort Worth gives us some tips on how to prevent a dog bite. Dog bites might be the greater threat, according to the report, than your kids getting overloaded on candy. Because dogs tend to be territorial, especially...
Back-over accident in Bexar County claims life of 2-year-old boy
A terrible accident in Bexar County early Wednesday morning this week is a reminder to all drivers - especially those with children or who live around children - to exercise extra caution when backing out of the driveway. So-called "back-over" accidents happen every...
South Texas roads need ‘more than just a facelift’ because of big rigs
As Joe Conger reports for KENS 5 San Antonio, things aren't looking too hot for many South Texas counties affected by the Eagle Ford Shale big rig traffic. "Six of our counties are considered economically distressed counties," says Frio County Judge Carlos Garcia. "We...
Dogs ‘bred to fight lions’ take center stage in neighborhood dispute
Told to either move away with their dogs or have the dogs taken away from them, Gary and Susan Kolb originally said they would move out. As neighbor Ron Barone said, "Why wouldn't you move to a farm up here? There's acres and acres and acres of land up here." But,...
Post-exposure rabies treatment in dog bite cases
One of the biggest challenges in dog bite cases is positively identifying the owner of the dog. If a dog bite occurs while inside someone's home or on that person's property, the problem becomes much easier to solve. But when the dog bite occurs in a park - such as...
Fatal wreck involving improperly operated flatbed loaded with sheetrock
In this case, the fact that the flatbed truck driver has been cited roughly eight times for driving without a commercial driver's license makes this a pretty clear case of truck driver negligence, given the circumstances. FM 2978 near the Hardin Store Road...
Truck traffic cited in Eagle Ford oil boom ‘frenzy’
As Jennifer Hiller reports for Fuel Fix, a Karnes County woman describes some recent automotive-related events. These include: The bottom of her car scraping the road from driving in ruts creating by oilfield trucks, her boyfriend almost getting injured or worse in...
Two School Buses Collide, Killing One in San Antonio
An accident involving one school bus is bad enough but last week saw a San Antonio crash in which one bus slammed into a second one. Both buses had children on board at the time. While several children were injured, the crash killed one of the bus drivers....
Fatal Eagle Ford Shale Truck Crash
Two large commercial vehicles crashed into each other last week, killing one of the drivers. The accident happened south of San Antonio and involved a giant crane and a tractor trailer. As the Eagle Ford Shale boom continues to increase heavy trucking traffic, these...