A man lost his life in a Texas car fire following a head-on collision near Bayside. The crash happened on Farm-to-Market Road 136 early in the morning on Nov. 15. The driver of the second vehicle in the crash, a 33-year-old man from Brownsville, claimed that he had...
Month: November 2014
Number of large trucks cited as cause in severe accidents
Truck accidents are responsible for about 4,500 deaths every year. In Texas, there were 3,398 deaths due to vehicle accidents in 2013. Of those, 101 were fatalities in large truck accidents. Past studies in regard to large truck accidents have focused on the severity...
Texas man killed in possible drunk driving accident
A two-car accident in Texas left a 21-year-old man dead on Nov. 1. Police believed that the 23-year-old woman who was driving the Jeep Cherokee that struck the deceased man's car had been drinking earlier that night. The deceased man, a soldier stationed at Fort...
2 injured, 1 dead in fatal wreck on Texas 71
A fatal two-vehicle accident in Bastrop claimed the life of one individual and left two others injured, according to reports. The crash involving a minivan and a pickup truck took place slightly west of FM 20 on Texas 71 during the morning hours of Oct. 29. Bastrop...