If you hit by a drunk driver, hurt, your car is wrecked –now what do you do? The one difference in accidents with a drunk driver is that other potential defendants my well be a target of a personal injury lawsuit. Bars and clubs who serve patrons who are obviously intoxicated may also have legal [...]
With warmer weather approaching the Houston area, so is the concern for accidental drowning. According to the Department of Family and Protective services in July there were already 112 child drownings in Texas for 2009. Unfortunately this death rate is increasing at an alarming rate, but can be prevented. According to government statistics private and [...]
A Houston student and his older brother were on their way to their parent’s home in Maryland when they were fatally injured in the wreck, said state police. The brothers, traveling in a 2007 Honda Civic, were in traffic on the interstate when a tractor-trailer truck pushing their vehicle underneath another big rig truck that [...]
Two Houston area residents were critically burned in a house fire in Willis, Texas. North Montgomery County Fire Department responded early this morning to a house fire that destroyed their home. The couple had escaped the fire shortly before the fire department arrived. Neighbors rescued the couple by dragging them to safety. The home had [...]
Firefighters arrived at a Houston apartment fire about 2 am Friday to discover two children and two adults inside the apartment. Fire officials said they believe the fire started in this apartment, but the individuals did not appear to be trapped inside. The children were located in a bedroom however the adults were found in [...]
An apartment fire killed two adults and 2 children today in Houston. According to reports, a unit at the Walnut Creek Apartments caught fire, early Friday morning. Fire fighters and emergency rescuers tried to revive the victims while transporting them to the hospital. Arson teams are investigating the cause of the fire. Every 15 seconds [...]
Two construction workers were seriously injured while working on the façade of a retail center in Galveston County, officials reported. The accident occurred while the two men were working 12 feet off the ground on scaffolding when it collapsed. One worker fell straight down while the other fell with the collapsing scaffolding, witnesses said. One [...]
According to the Houston Police Department a man was traveling northbound on State Highway 75 on a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he veered into the southbound lane and crashed into a Ford F-150 pickup carrying a family of four. It is unclear what caused the motorcyclist to veer into the opposite lane and hit the [...]
A 24 year old woman was killed this weekend when the car she was in had a blow out of the right rear tire, causing the driver to lose control of the car and flip over after hitting the bar ditch. With a blow out or a tread separation of the rear tire, a driver [...]
A driver and his passenger were fatally injured when their car crashed into another vehicle and then into a brick wall in northwest Harris County. According to the Houston Police, a man and his female passenger were traveling southbound on Veterans Memorial when they ran a red light and smashed into a Toyota SUV and [...]
