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Teen Mother Killed in Car Accident
Stories of tragedy fill the news every day. We have to be careful not to become numb to them. Every accident has a real person …
DART Bus Hits Driver
It was an average, ordinary day. There was nothing special about the weekday at the bus terminal, nothing out of the ordinary. The bus drivers …
Homeowner Has Lucky Escape
The news is full of crazy accidents, but the causes of those accidents are anything but crazy. Often a strange accident is due to intoxication, …
Rash of Traffic Stop Accidents Hits Dallas
Dallas has lately seen a rash of police cars getting hit while conducting traffic stops. The reason? Distracted driving. Drivers are supposed to pull over or slow down when passing by traffic stops for safety, but some don’t follow the …
Two Fatal Accidents in Construction Zones
When you get on an accident on the highways or interstates, the usual rule is to move the car over to the shoulder so others can …
Head-on Collision Kills Woman, Injures Child
The classic nightmare of any driver is to see someone approaching you from the wrong lane. Head-on collisions are the cause of many serious …
Hit and Run Driver Charged with Murder
In 2014, police were chasing a stolen van through the streets of Dallas. The drive got so dangerous that they backed off, but the van …
SXSW Festival Puts Emphasis on Security
The annual South by Southwest music festival has become one of the largest draws for both performers and audiences alike. This year, however, the focus for …
Slick Roads Cause Problems
What’s worse than having a bit of snow? Having snow when it keeps on raining. That leaves a snowy muck that makes it dangerous to drive. The weather was a cause for a major pileup, one which left debris everywhere on …
Bus Crashes into Day Care Van
Imagine this: someone who is just as tired as you are at some very early time of the morning is transporting your children to school. You’re leaving that child in the hands of someone who knows how to get children …
Woman Killed when Driver Flung her into Pole
When an egregious accident happens, the first thought of investigators might be whether or not the driver was drunk. But regardless of whether they were …
Guardrail in Road Sends Prison Bus Flying
Road debris doesn’t have to be big to cause a major accident, but when it is big the results can be devastating. A prison bus …
Missed Airbag Recall Causes Another Driver Death
Sometimes it’s not the fault of a driver that causes an injury or a death but the vehicle itself. Faulty parts in vehicles can cause …
Truck Rams through Fence, Car, House
It was a beautiful Dallas night, perfect for sleeping in. The Pleasant Grove area wasn’t going to get much sleep, though. The driver of a …
Fatal Speeding Crash in the Design District
People get into accidents for many reasons. Sometimes, it’s a case where the person driving was intoxicated and their judgment was impaired. Sometimes there are …
Comatose Child Hit by Drunk Driver Dies After Six Years
It is heartbreaking when a helpless child is in an accident, especially so when they are critically injured to the point of being in a …
Mower Truck Crushes Family of Three
We’ve said this before and we’ll say it again: drinking and driving affects far more than just the person drinking. The point is driven home …
Teen Passenger Dies in Racing Accident
These types of accident stories are heartbreaking because they’re preventable. They serve as reminders that the privilege of driving isn’t something that should be taken …
Driving Fast on the Interstate is a Bad Dream
There’s something that a large number of people want to do: drive a sports car at fast speeds on the interstate. It doesn’t matter which interstate, but the car has to go fast. What the person doesn’t expect when they’re …
New Driver Accidentally Kills Family in Rollover
A mother and father decided that they were going to take their kids to Disney World for their dream vacation. “They’ve always talked about it. It was their dream trip. It was an opportunity for them to take all of …
Man Dies Doing Reckless Doughnuts in Back Lot
Look at this story of a man who decided that he was going to pull reverse donuts in the loading dock area of the Walmart. …
Fireball in Red Light Accident
Police rely on civilians to help them keep the roads safe. After all, there are only so many police officers and many more civilians out there. This story starts with a good Samaritan giving the Mesquite police a call about …
Don’t Mess with Semis
When you’re on the road, the vehicles that you don’t want to mess with are the tractor trailers. This isn’t because the drivers are mean or vindictive, but more that they drive vehicles that are much much larger than yours. …
Teacher Rear-Ended on Toll Road
First of all, Dallas toll roads are not the Autobahn. While it may be fun to drive fast, the driving rules still apply. Road rage …
Speeding and Alcohol May have Caused Crash
Of all the reasons to have an accident on the road, speed and alcohol are the two largest contributors for most car accidents in the …