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Energy resources are increasingly in demand, so oil and gas drilling, once an activity left to smaller communities in rural areas, is beginning to affect (and has been for some time) more densely populated areas of the U.S. Unfortunately, the associated risks to local...
Last month saw another truck accident related to the oil and gas boom happening right now in South Texas. A massive increase in tanker truck traffic has come along with this oil and gas boom, where truck drivers haul supplies to - and haul fossil fuels away from - the...
"You have two kids all of a sudden in wheelchairs. They've lost their parents. They've been through so much." This is a quote from an uncle to two boys who were paralyzed after a distracted driver swerved into the lane and caused a head-on car wreck in Texas, as...
As Jack Z. Smith reports for the Miami Herald, oil and gas mining operators in Texas, such as those engaged in hydrofracking on the Barnett Shale, must now disclose the types of chemicals they use. The rule was created by the Texas Railroad Commission, and is intended...
Truck driver Marc Simard and his employer Drive Logistics have been sued for wrongful death after a tractor trailer accident involving a dropped mobile phone and a woman (who goes by T.A.R. in the lawsuit) who had stopped and gotten out of her vehicle to help another...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
