Archive for the ‘ Truck Accident ’ Category

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4 18-wheelers, 1 car in wreck

February 1, 2012

A Livingston man was life-flighted to a Tyler hospital with critical injuries after an accident involving one car and four 18-wheelers, two of which ran into the side of a home. The accident took place in Corrigan on Monday afternoon, according to the Lufkin Daily News.

The driver of the car was the sole occupant of the vehicle. One of the truck drivers, a 26-year-old man from El Paso, was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. None of the other truck drivers were injured.

There was only minimal damage done to the house that was struck, and none of the occupants of the home were injured. One of the drivers of the 18-wheelers, a 31-year-old man from Texas City, was cited for failure to control speed.

Authorities believe that one of the 18-wheelers struck another 18-wheeler, creating a domino effect.

U.S. Highway 59 north and south were temporarily shut down while the Corrigan Police Department, the Texas Highway Patrol, the Polk County Sheriff’s office, and TxDot assisted on scene.

Late Monday, the Livingston man injured in the accident was listed in critical condition at East Texas Medical Center Tyler.

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Texas school bus accident sends 32 to hospital

January 20, 2012

On January 17 at 7:30 a.m. on Farm-to-Market Road 93, a tractor-trailer clipped a school bus full of students and flipped it onto its side on the southeastern outskirts of Temple, Texas, about 60 miles northeast of Austin, reports the Insurance Journal.

Thirty-two people went to the hospital; 29 of them were children. A 9-year-old boy was ejected through the escape hatch in the bus roof. The bus driver was knocked unconscious, police said.

A trooper from the Texas Department of Public Safety said a hardware truck apparently ran a stop sign when it hit the Academy school district bus. Conditions were foggy, but it was unclear whether that factored into the crash, he said.

Three of the 29 children being treated were admitted to the hospital, one in critical condition. The other 26 children were discharged, said a spokeswoman for the Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple.

The Academy school superintendent said that the three injured children were expected to recover, although “they all face a long road” to recovery.

The bus driver also was listed in critical condition, but both of the other adults, including the truck driver, were treated and discharged, he said.

Counselors were available for students at the Academy schools on Wednesday.

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40-car pileup near Port Arthur leaves at least 54 injured

January 6, 2012

Fog and smoky conditions in Southeast Texas, near Port Arthur, caused dozens of vehicles to pile up in a major wreck early Thursday morning, reports Fox News.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Rod Carroll said that at least 10 ambulances were dispatched to the scene on Highway 73, just west of Port Arthur.

He stated that “multiple” people were injured in the string of accidents, involving as many as 40 vehicles.

“The accidents were caused by poor visibility due to a mixture of fog and smoke from march wildfires,” said Carroll.

In parts of Jefferson County, fires have recently swept through some dry marshlands.

Fox News also reported that life-flight helicopters were dispatched to the scene.

The highway was closed down completely shortly after 6 a.m. between Winnie and the Taylors Bayou Bridge, the Houston Chronicle reports. Traffic was left at a standstill for several hours.

No one was killed, but at least 54 people were injured–four of them critically–according to investigators.

What was reported as a wreck at 5:36 a.m. actually involved more than 50 vehicles in a series of accidents along the eastbound lanes of the highway in the area of the Veolia Processing Plant.

Drivers should use Interstate 10, FM 365, or Texas 124 as alternate routes, advises the Department of Transportation.

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College football player died in highway accident

January 4, 2012

An Texas A&M University football player died three days before Christmas in an auto accident, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The 22-year-old senior backup offensive lineman swerved to avoid a buzzard and hit an 18-wheeler head-on near the town of Norangee on FM 39, about 40 miles from College Station.

The driver of the 18-wheeler was not hurt, KBTX-TV reported.

The football team had practiced earlier that day, December 22,  for the final time before breaking for Christmas. The team played in Houston for the Meineke Car Care Bowl, which pitted the Aggies against Northwestern on New Year’s Eve.

“We lost a great brother,” A&M senior safety posted on his Twitter account. “Crazy to think we just saw him earlier (Thursday).”

The young man is survived by his mother, his father, and his sister.

Former A&M footballcoach Mike Sherman said, “He was one of the most respectful and high-character players I’ve ever coached. It was an honor and privilege to have known him and coached him.”

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2 DWI accidents in less than a week cause cracked walls, mangled apartment units

December 19, 2011

Two recent vehicle crashes into apartments in Bryan College Station, Texas, drive home the dangers of driving while intoxicated., according to KBTX.

A 53-year-old woman crashed her car into the brick wall of the apartment where she lives off Longmire in College Station.

The resident whose apartment she hit said, “I heard squealing tires…I could tell like, a car had hit something.”

“I couldn’t believe it and then I saw what had happened and I was like, I cannot…this is insane, it’s crazy,” she added.

The driver admitted to police that she had taken a prescribed muscle relaxer and had drunk two glasses of wine before crashing into the building.

In another incident, a 21-year-old man is charged with intoxicated assault after using hallucinogenic mushrooms and crashing his pickup into a unit at the West University Garden Apartments. This accident sent one resident to the hospital.

Dr. Clint Cheng, with St. Joseph Health System, said, “It’s becoming more of a problem because I think people are losing respect for medications and their potential side effects.”

“You’re not going to realize that you are not capable of driving or operating heavy machinery or in some cases, even walking,” added Cheng.

Both suspects have previous DWI charges.

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