| Feb 02 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: SPEED + CELL PHONE = FATALITYHouston Police are investigating a fatal traffic collision Wednesday afternoon in which the driver who died apparently was both speeding and using his cell phone at the time. Police said a man driving a Ford Taurus on US 290 inbound at Mangum apparently lost control of his vehicle, overcorrected and veered across several traffic lanes, hitting at least two other vehicles in the process. A pickup truck that his vehicle struck then hit two other vehicles in a chain reaction. The pickup truck’s driver was taken to a hospital in undetermined condition. Police said the Taurus driver seemed to have been speeding as well as using a cell phone when the collision occurred. They said alcohol did not seem to have been a factor. Studies show that using a cell phone behind the wheel is as bad as driving while intoxicated. Approximately 5,000 Americans die each year in traffic collisions involving distracted drivers whose attention to the road was diverted by calls or texts while on cell phones. Texas has no state law banning cell phone use or texting by drivers, unless they are school bus drivers or novice drivers. A state law bans cell phone use while driving in school zones, though school districts are required to post signs to that effect or the law does not apply. Some school districts cannot afford to do that. However, some Texas municipalities have passed laws making texting by all drivers at all times in all places illegal, including San Antonio and Austin. Nine states ban all cell phone use by all drivers, and 35 states ban text messaging by all drivers. Jim S. Adler & Associates urges motorists to hang up and drive. A call or a text cannot be worth a life. |
| Jan 31 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: DRUNK, WRONG WAY DRIVER ARRESTEDTraffic on North Shepherd near downtown Houston was stalled early Tuesday when a driver going the wrong way on the street collided with a Chevy Suburban headed the right way immediately north of Interstate 10.
Houston police took the driver into custody. They said the driver was arrested on suspicion of DWI, or driving while intoxicated. The woman in the other vehicle suffered what were reported to be back and neck injuries. She was taken to a local hospital, according to KHOU, Channel 11. Police needed about 30 minutes to clear the accident scene, which meant North Shepherd was closed during that time. Drunk driving is a serious offense. If someone in your family has been injured by a drunk driver, alert a personal injury lawyer or drunk driving attorney with Jim S. Adler & Associates for help. You may be legally entitled to substantial financial compensation.
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| Jan 30 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: ROCKETS GUARD UNINJURED
According to a Rockets spokesman, Lee was four or five blocks from Toyota Center several hours after Saturday night’s game with the New York Knicks when another vehicle traveling at high speed apparently ran a red light and hit his Cadillac. Lee said his car’s airbags spared him and two passengers from injury. On Sunday Lee tweeted: “Thanking God right now!!! Thanking Cadillac for airbags!! Without them I could have lost my life tonight and two others close to me.” He also tweeted three photos of the collision’s aftermath. Lee, 26, is in his second season with the Rockets.
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Houston Rockets guard Courtney Lee was uninjured in a serious traffic accident in downtown Houston over the weekend. But the driver of the other vehicle was badly injured and was hospitalized.| Jan 23 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: 5 STUDENTS IN ALDINE SCHOOL BUS CRASH ON I-45 NFive Aldine ISD students were in a school bus crash Monday morning on the North Freeway, and several had what were believed to be minor injuries.
The students’ bus was traveling south on I-45 North when the accident occurred about 9 a.m. The bus and another vehicle collided near the Gulf Bank exit. Among the students was a child who attended Reece Early Childhood Pre-Kindergarten and four children who attended Bethune and Anderson elementary schools. One student was taken to school, but as a precaution, the other four were taken to Texas Children’s Hospital. No other details were immediately available. Statistically, school buses are a relatively safe means of transportation. However, about two dozen students die each year in school bus accidents in the United States, and many more are injured. |
| Jan 17 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTechnology can help reduce distracted driving accidentsOur Texas personal injury law firm has been warning Americans about distracted driving dangers for years. And in that time, many states — but not Texas — have passed laws banning texting and calling while operating a vehicle.
But for distracted driving advocates to prevail, new technology is needed. Such technology must take drivers’ decisions to behave recklessly by texting or surfing the Web out of their hands. And that technology is arising, along with ramped up resistance by the public to driving distractions. (more…) |
| Jan 10 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryMassive wreck causes legal tangleA 79-car pile-up near Beaumont, Texas had authorities scrambling in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 5, 2012. News reports said that 54 people were taken to Beaumont area hospitals. Officials used the Jaws of Life to cut three victims out of wrecked cars. Victims injured in the accident were said have injuries ranging from broken bones to abrasions and whiplash. |
| Jan 09 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategorySan Antonio has Texas’ drunkest driversSan Antonio drivers, beware! The Alamo City now has the distinction, if you want to call it that, of being on a list of the “drunkest cities” in the United States. The list is compiled every year by The Daily Beast, a top-ranked national website for news and political blogs. The Daily Beast added San Antonio to its list on Jan. 2, 2012. |
| Jan 05 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: 54 INJURED IN 50-VEHICLE PORT ARTHUR PILEUPA mix of early morning fog and smoke from marsh wildfires was blamed for poor visibility which led to a pileup of at least 50 vehicles on Texas 73 near Port Arthur Thursday morning. Fifty-four people were injured, four critically, investigators said.
The pileup occurred shortly after 5:30 a.m. Thursday with a number of related accidents on the highway’s eastbound lanes. The location was west of the Taylors Bayou bridge and near the Veolia Processing Plant. |
| Jan 03 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: DALLAS’ STEMMONS REOPENING AFTER SEMI CRASHDallas’ Stemmons Freeway, also known as I-35E, is reopening after an early morning crash of a semi truck shut down the southbound freeway north of downtown. A tractor trailer reportedly jackknifed and overturned, blocking the freeway.
Police said the driver of the 18 wheeler apparently lost control as the big rig hit a guardrail near Houston Street and the diesel truck overturned. The driver was not seriously injured, but the large truck’s load of scrap metal spilled across the freeway at the traffic accident site. The freeway was completely closed for the inbound morning commute up until about 8:30 a.m., when one lane was reopened and much of the debris had been moved to the side of the road. Until then, much of the Stemmons traffic was redirected to I-30. |
| Dec 29 |
Archive for the 'accidents' CategoryTRAFFIC NEWS: MOTORCYCLIST DIES ON HOUSTON’S SOUTH LOOPA motorcyclist has died in a crash on Houston’s Loop 610. The accident occurred sometime before 9 a.m. Wednesday, when the motorcyclist’s body was discovered beneath Highway 225, which crosses the loop just east of its intersection with the Gulf Freeway. Houston Police are investigating. The victim’s identity has not yet been released. Police said the motorcyclist was riding on the South Loop and headed toward the Highway 225 exit when his motorcycle went off a freeway overpass. The motorcyclist was dead at the scene.
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