A truck driver from Denton, Texas lost control of his big rig on I-20 earlier this week, passing over a concrete divider, rolled over and hit at least two passenger vehicles before coming to a stop in the ditch. The truck driver, 22-year-old Edward Hallahan was driving a 2006 International Truck at the time of…
Read More
Fatal crashes ruined Memorial Day for the families of two drivers. The first incident occurred in the early morning hours, about 2:15 a.m. An suv was headed eastbound on Memorial Drive. The motorist was killed when she drove over a concrete barrier at the exit to Shepherd Drive from Memorial Drive, and struck the metal…
Read More
The driver of a Toyota Camry was killed in a fatal bus accident when he drifted across the center line and collided with a Wills Point Independent School District school bus. Three students as well as the school bus driver were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. Investigators report that both the…
Read More
On May 14th, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released new regulations to the states that would curtail the rampant problem of alcohol-impaired driving. Among the many suggestions, the NTSB recommended that states lower the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) for criminal prosecution from .08 to .05. A .05 BAC is roughly the equivalent of one…
Read More
A motorcyclist was killed yesterday in Houston traffic. The 49-year-old rider, whose name was not immediately released, was involved in a collision with a pickup truck. The wreck occurred on the Southwest Freeway near West Belfort. After impact, the rider was ejected and thrown over a retaining wall, landing on the service road below. He…
Read More
Ford Motor Co. is being sued by three vehicle owners in Ohio because of alleged defects in the automaker’s six-cylinder EcoBoost engine. Two of the plaintiffs, a married couple, claim their 2010 Ford Taurus SHO lost power and stalled several times. Another plaintiff says he lost power while accelerating his F-150 pickup. According to the…
Read More
A man from Texas and another from Oklahoma were killed in a fatal truck crash southwest of Wichita Falls on U.S. 277. Investigators believe that Jerry Jones of Noble, Oklahoma, veered into the path of an oncoming truck, causing a fatal head-on collision that resulted in an explosive fire. Noble was driving a pickup pulling…
Read More
As Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month gets underway, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reminding drivers to look out for and share the road with motorcycle riders. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is a national initiative designed to encourage drivers of all kinds of vehicles and motorcyclists to “share the road”…
Read More