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Texas man arrested after DUI wreck

January 23, 2012

Two residents of Rosharon crashed on January 8 in a two-vehicle accident on the infamous stretch of highway known as FM 1462, reports the Alvin Sun.

One of the drivers was headed eastbound in his Volkswagon Jetta near County Road 528 when his vehicle drifted across the yellow line and hit a Toyota Corolla being driven by a 40-year-old woman.

“We believe [he] was intoxicated. After treatment at the Angleton/Danbury Hospital and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, he was taken to the Brazoria County Jail,” said the Texas Department of Public Safety.

He suffered compound fractures of his legs, a head injury, and internal injuries.

The woman, whose car he hit, was trapped inside her vehicle and had to be cut out of the automobile. She was also taken to the Angleton/Danbury Hospital and later transferred to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

Upon impact, the vehicle being driven by the woman rolled, landed on the passenger side, and burst into flames.

She suffered broken bones, open wounds to her left foot, a broken pelvis, a broken left arm, shattered glass in her eyes, and burns on her right foot.

“She is lucky to be alive,” officials added.

The accident is still under investigation.

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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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Jan

Texas Tech student injured in car wreck near Abilene

January 18, 2012

Just east of Abilene on Tuesday afternoon, a Texas Tech student was injured in a one-vehicle rollover, according to KTXS News.

A Department of Public Safety officer told KTXS News that the driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old Texas Tech student, was the only one injured.

Three other students were in the vehicle but escaped injury.

The students were driving westbound on I-20 from the Dallas area to Lubbock when the accident occurred at mile marker 297, near the FM 603 exit, just east of Abilene.

The driver passed another car and started to pull into the right-hand lane, but there was a car there. The driver then over-corrected and lost control of the vehicle, officers at the scene said.

This over-correction caused her SUV to rollover onto the center medium. All of the students were wearing their seat belts. The vehicle was totaled.

The injured driver was taken to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene with non-life-threatening injuries.

For about 30 minutes, westbound traffic on I-20 had to be diverted around the accident, officers at the scene told KTXS.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

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Jan

More outdoor education prompted by new Texas legislation

January 16, 2012

Changes in Texas boating laws mean increasing numbers of the state’s million-plus recreational boaters will be required to take an approved boater education course, reports the Houston Chronicle. With the changes, Texas joins a growing number of states that have imposed boater education requirements on large numbers of recreational boaters.

Under the adopted changes, persons born on or after Sept. 1, 1993, who are operating a personal watercraft (a boat powered by a motor of more than 15-horsepower or a wind-blown vessel measuring more than 14 feet) must have passed a state-approved boater education course and carry identification and proof of having passed the boater education course while operating those boats.

Those falling under the new law have several options–a traditional classroom course, a home-study course, and an online boater education course–for meeting the requirement that they take and pass a course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

All versions of the course cover basic boating laws, boating safety and boat handling.

Violation of the boater education requirement is a Class C misdemeanor carrying a potential penalty as much as a $500 fine.

Those charged with violating the boater education requirement can petition the court for a 90-day grace period during which, if the person successfully completes the course, the charges will be dismissed.

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Texas police officer fired after vehicle accident

January 13, 2012

A Katy, Texas, police officer involved in a crash that killed a mother and her son on the Katy Freeway Thursday morning has been fired from his job, according to KHOU.com.

After partying at a local bar, the young officer handed over the keys of his truck to his 23-year-old friend who had also been drinking and had a suspended license.

The two men headed westbound on I-10 near Peach Ridge around 2:45 a.m. The 23-year-old driver drove the truck into a disabled vehicle on the side of the freeway.

The 48-year old female driver of the disabled vehicle was changing a flat tire when the impact occurred, and her 13-year-old son was in the car.

The woman was killed instantly. The force of the crash pushed the car across all lanes of traffic. It burst into flames with the boy still inside. He was killed by either the fire or the crash.

The 23-year-old driver had minor injuries and has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter.

The young policeman was uninjured in the crash. Katy Police Chief said that he knew that the officer was drunk at the time of the accident.

The woman’s family said that they believe that the officer should face charges, too, “Two innocent lives gone because of  drinking. The police officer should have been charged just as well.”

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