The Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS) reported that a severe dust storm close to Lubbock caused multiple accidents early in the afternoon on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. There were 23 vehicles involved in the chain-reaction pileup injuring some 17 people and killing one. TDPS Cpl. John Gonzalez said that…
It was about 8:45 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, the most traveled day of the year, when one of the most horrific accidents in Texas occurred on Interstate 10 outside of Beaumont. The weather conditions were extremely foggy and cars were apparently slowing down due to the lack of visibility. Deborah…
There always seems to be a series of fatalities across the country on New Year’s Eve, caused by someone driving on a freeway traveling in the wrong direction. During 2012, Houston had several wrong way crashes that occurred back to back on I-45 near the Woodlands. In August 2012 alone,…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT), in conjunction with the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS), issued a bone chilling statement this week. It has been 12 years since there was a day that went by without a single traffic fatality on our Texas roads. That day was Wednesday, November…
The widow of a 26-year-old worker killed in an industrial accident last month has filed a lawsuit for herself and on behalf of the couple’s minor child against her husband’s employer. Virgel James Stoker died after he purportedly became entangled in machinery used to package company products at Dallas Group…