This Saturday found the Hazardous Materials crew working hard again to clean up another mess left by an 18-wheeler wreckage. According to The Courier, over 32 tons of industrial cement was being hauled by a commercial truck in Conroe when it crashed into an exit railing on IH 45. The semi-truck driver was arrested by…
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Death Toll of 18-Wheeler Accidents Rolls On
The year is not finished yet and neither is the death toll due to 18-wheeler accidents. This Friday found that in a crash between an auto and a semi-truck, the commercial truck is usually going to win. According to KLTV, an East Texas driver of a Chevy Lumina was declared dead after colliding with an…
Ringing in the Holiday Season, East Texas style
Congratulations to Tyler, TX resident Andre Thompson, who together with only two more people in the whole of the United States, recently beat the record for bell-ringing for charity. According to the Tyler Paper, the total number of hours that the trio were ringing in the holidays amounted to over 100. Now this is the…
A Beautiful Holiday Gem
When anyone tells you that southeastern Texas is boring, politely smile and take them for an evening drive. If you are ever in Houston, it will take you just over an hour to get there – of all the picturesque places in our great state, your destination this time is Beaumont. Never been there? This…
Hazmat Crew Get Another Workout
A chemical spill this Monday from yet another 18-wheeler accident in Texas is giving the Hazmat crew another workout again. According to the Dallas AP, IH 30 in that city was the site of a crash between a Kia and an 18-wheeler truck. The tank on the commercial truck was ruptured in the wreck disgorging…
Another Commercial Truck Driver Fleeing the Scene of an Accident
This weekend finds another commercial truck driver of a tractor trailer fleeing the scene of an 18-wheeler truck’s accident. This time it occurred in North Texas around Amarillo where a female bystander at the parking lot of a truck stop became critically injured at the end of a police chase. Police officers responded to calls…
18 Wheeler Knocked Out Power in Kingsville
This Friday, over a thousand homes in Kingsville were without power due to 18-wheeler crashing into the primary electrical line at 11th and King Avenue. The Kingsville Police Department are on the lookout for the commercial truck driver who had fled the accident scene.
18-Wheeler Crashed into Thrift Store in Austin
A thrift store located on IH35 and 53rd St. in Austin had its wall caved in when an 18-wheeler crashed into it around 3 PM on Wed. The Austin Police Department is uncertain at this time whether the semi truck was on the interstate or on the frontage road prior to wrecking the store. Although…
Center Man Killed in Ejection from 18-Wheeler Crash
A citizen of Center, Texas, was killed when he was ejected from the 18-wheeler he was driving while in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, on Wed, Dec. 4th. Louisiana State Police stated that the commercial truck accident occurred on LA Highway 191 East of Converse. According to authorities, the 18-wheeler was headed northbound when the driver lost…
Double 18-Wheelers in Truck Wreck with Lufkin ISD School Bus
Just a few miles north of Lufkin on US 59, the first Monday of December found a multi-vehicular wreck involving two 18-wheelers and a school bus from Lufkin ISD. According to reports from KTRE, hazardous material crew were at the accident scene because one of the commercial truck spilled dangerous chemicals. The other 18-wheeler was a chip hauler.…