MARSHALL, Texas — At least one eastbound lane of Interstate 20 east of Marshall, Texas, has been closed after a fiery, fatal collision on an overpass. Due to damage to an overpass support one lane is expected to be closed until next month. The support column was damaged when one of the18 wheelers involved in…
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Wood County, Texas Hit-and-run case goes before grand jury
The Wood County Grand Jury heard the case of the driver accused of hit and run north of Mineola Oct. 4. Wood County District Attorney Jim Wheeler said while he could not comment on grand jury proceedings, he could confirm that the grand jury that convened Friday did hear the Connie Young case. Young was…
Drivers Sustain Catastrophic Injuries In Texas 18 wheeler Accident
A Waco man is battling for his life tonight after an 18-wheeler accident this morning in the town of Lolita, Texas. This accident left the man with several burns across his body and tonight Texas DPS Troopers are investigating how the crash happened. The driver of this semi truck veered off the highway, plunged into…
5 people injured in multi-car accident on U.S. 75 in Sherman, Texas
Several people were taken to the hospital after a multiple vehicle crash along U.S. Highway 75 on Tuesday. The accident happened around 6 p.m. at the overpass on FM 691. Sherman Police Officer Jeff Jones said the crash happened when cars failed to merge into one lane through a construction area. The first car slowed…
Rollover On Texas Freeway Causes Death of Two People
Two men were killed and other people were injured after a sport utility vehicle clipped another car and rolled several times on a San Antonio freeway. San Antonio Police Sgt. Fidel Acosta said the driver of the SUV and a backseat passenger were killed in the accident Sunday afternoon. Acosta said two people including a…
Alice, TX woman’s car hit by 18-wheeler
It took emergency rescuers about 20 minutes early Saturday to get an Alice woman out of her vehicle after it was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler traveling at highway speed, police said. The woman, 58, was flown by helicopter to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in serious condition, said Walter Gibson, a HALO-Flight paramedic. She was complaining…
Tractor-trailer Operator Causes Fatal Accident
A Herkimer man was ticketed after his tractor trailer struck and killed a tow truck operator standing alongside the state Thruway near Syracuse Sunday night, state troopers said. Kurt Brown, 40, was driving a tandem tractor trailer for Estes Express on Interstate 90 when his vehicle struck Todd Young, 53, of Mattydale, N.Y., alongside the…
18 Wheeler Plows Through Guardrail and Causes Fatal 3 Car Accident
A fatal wreck on Route 33 in Monroe County, PA this morning closed the highway, according to a Pocono Record report. Route 33 South remains closed at Saylorsburg after the crash, which involved a tractor-trailer that plowed through the guard rail and into the southbound lanes, striking three cars in Hamilton Township. The northbound lanes…
Australian Couple on Motorcycle Run Over by Texas Truck Driver
BY MICHELLE WEBSTER – Neil Craddock should be feeling the wind on his face while touring the sprawling highways of Texas with wife Lesley perched on the back of a Harley-Davidson.Instead the Thirroul optometrist is consoling himself in a Dallas hospital by playing his beloved ukulele, which miraculously survived unscathed when the couple’s motorcycle and…
Driver loses control; kills TxDOT contract worker on side of road
ROUND ROCK, Texas — A TxDOT contract worker was killed after being hit by a truck along Interstate 35 in Round Rock. Police said it happened in the 2800 block of North I-35 around 11 a.m. Thursday. They said the driver of a pick-up truck lost control and went into the grass between the main…