Common sense would dictate that a driver who strikes a pedestrian should stop and remain at the scene to help the injured party. But as hard as it may be to believe, there are people who will not take responsibility for their actions behind the wheel. In El Paso,...
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Hit and Run Accidents
Hit-and-run fatalities increase, other fatal car crashes decline
A car accident can change a person's life and the lives of their family in an instant. When a hit-and-run accident occurs, it can often leave a family with many questions and a range of emotions. According to a recent report, fatal hit-and-run accidents are on the...
Tougher hit-and-run law set to go into effect in Texas
Whenever someone gets behind the wheel of a car, he or she accepts responsibility for their conduct on the road. Although a person may not want to face the consequences of causing a car accident, the law requires that drivers remain at the scene of a crash....
Authorities respond after truck hits and kills pedestrian
One of the reasons truck accidents are so serious is that trucks are so big compared to other vehicles. And the dangers caused by unsafe truck driving are of course even greater for pedestrians. Sometimes, those dangers become all too real and result in terrible...
19-year-old run down, ‘barely getting his life started’
As Kandolite Flores reports for KFOX 14 News, the mother of a 19-year-old Texan says, "Giovanni is barely 19 and barely getting his life started," referring to a hit-and-run incident on August 26 that nearly killed him. She says, "I can't even explain it. It was...
Hit-and-run suspect claims epilepsy
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...
Texas Woman Killed in Hit and Run Accident, Facebook Plays a Role
Leaving the scene of an accident is always a bad idea. Now, as Shannon Wolfson reports for Austin News, the friends of a woman killed by a negligent driver are using Facebook to find "clues" in the hit and run accident. "Justice for Courtney Paige Griffin" is the name...