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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...
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...
"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...
"Just seeing that smile and knowing you can't see it again; that image has to be imbedded in your heart and soul," says Marlon "Coach J" Joplin, referring to a car crash that killed two little boys, ages seven and four, who were brothers. Joplin heads up a youth...
A drunk driving accident claimed the life of 19-year-old Samantha Martinez, leading to intoxication manslaughter charges against Texas Tech surgical resident Dr. David Patricio Gonzalez-Gibler. The 31-year-old Gonzalez-Gibler is said to have been bar-hopping with two...
As Travis Ruiz reports for Connect Amarillo, Colorado Senator Suzanne Williams entered a no-contest plea, paid $200 in fines, and $68 in court costs - after causing a fatal car crash that killed a woman who was pregnant at the time of the accident. For reasons...
"He was a great kid with high energy and a lot of confidence, and performed well for us after signing," says Bobby Heck, assistant general manager for the Houston Astros. In the Washington Post, Heck says, "This is a huge loss for everyone that knew him." Heck is...
Mark Robison, writing for the Reno Gazette-Journal, starts out by saying that - yes - texting while driving and use of smartphones will increase distraction, and, thus, increase the number of car accidents that we see because of negligent drivers. But, he asks, does...
In 1993, San Antonio resident Jim Blihgnse was killed by a drunk driver. Now, after 17 years "on the run," as Marvin Hurst reports for KENS 5 News, the drunk driver will be sentenced in Bexar County next week and could get up to 10 years behind bars. As Hurst points...
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...
