18-Wheeler Double Fatalities in Panhandle

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This Friday in the Texas Panhandle saw two deaths and five additional injuries when a Chevy was driven across the road onto oncoming traffic and collided into an 18-wheeler.  According to TxDOT, the driver of the passenger car may have been asleep.  Two people from the tractor trailer were treated for injuries.  The driver of…

Like a Scene out of a Horror Movie

Posted by & filed under 18-wheeler, Bell County, Salado.

Have you ever been driving behind a semi-trailer hauling long objects like telephone poles, concrete beams, etc., and a scene comes to mind from a horror movie where something caused that long object to dislodge and then it came crashing down on the hapless vehicle behind it?  Well this Wednesday saw such a scene enacted…

Multiple Wreck Between Two 18-Wheelers and Four Cars near Bastrop

Posted by & filed under 18-wheeler, Bastrop, Double 18-Wheeler Accident, San Marcos, Truck Crash.

This Wednesday, traffic was backed up for miles on Hwy 21 between San Marcos and Bastrop due to a multiple-vehicle accident involving two 18-wheelers and four passenger cars. Sometimes close to the noon hour an 18-wheeler struck a pickup truck from behind as it was making a left turn. This chain of unfortunate events eventually…

Tragic Fatal 18-Wheeler Crash on First Friday of New Year

Posted by & filed under 18-wheeler, Anderson County, Auto Accident, East Texas, Truck Crash.

Outside of Frankston, the first Friday of 2014 saw a fatal 18-wheeler collision between an SUV and a commercial semi.  The female driver of the SUV was found dead at the scene of the accident just three miles west of Frankston in Anderson County. The commercial truck driver was medevac to Athens hospital.  HW 175 has been…

TxDOT and DPS team up for a Safe Holiday

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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has provided a grant to help fund extra DWI patrols by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) over this winter holiday period.  DPS troopers will be looking out for signs of impaired driving and focus its DWI patrols in high-risk locations especially at times when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent.…