A La Marque man was the victim of a hit and run accident after his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck and the driver of the truck fled it has been reported. The motorcycle accident happened on FM 519 last week. According to police the motorcycle rider was struck from behind by a Ford [...]
An HPD officer has been arrested with the charge of intoxicated assault after being involved in a car accident while intoxicated it has been alleged. The officer who is 40 was relieved of duty and placed on a $25,000 bond. According to reports, the accident happened outside of the Houston area near Brenham. One victim [...]
A Houston area judge sentenced a convicted drunk driver to 60 years in prison for the death of three innocent victims in a drunk driving accident. The 46-year-old man in effect got a life sentence. The victims were a 25-year-old man, and two young boys age 10 and 3. Reports have the drunk drivers blood [...]
The Gulf Freeway was the site of a fatality accident Monday morning. According to police, a pickup truck was involved in an accident at the Gulf Freeway near Eldorado Blvd. shortly after noon. At least two vehicles were involved in the fatal accident and the driver of a pickup truck ended up in the median [...]
Despite the fact that the country as a whole agrees that drinking and driving is dangerous – intoxicated people get behind the wheel of their car every day and cause drunk driving accidents. Is there really a way to prevent this? It appears not – people aren’t getting any smarter or learning from the lessons [...]
We have spoken about drunk driving accidents numerous times in this blog. But its deadly effects are so devastating that it is a topic that deserves revisiting on a regular basis. Just last week a Houston citizen was sentenced to thirty years behind bars for the intoxication manslaughter of a young teenage girl. He will [...]
A Houston judge has sentenced a 32-year-old man who pled guilty in the death of a 13-year-old young girl. The car accident happened in 2008. The man also was sentenced to 10 years for failure to stop and render aid. According to reports, the man will have to serve at least 15 years in prison [...]
Houston police department officials indicated that alcohol might have been a factor in a fatal accident in Houston this weekend. One woman was killed and a man taking to the hospital for treatment of injuries. It was early in the morning, around 6:15 AM and police indicate a man was southbound on South Main when [...]
Reports indicate that prosecutors are expected to file charges today against a man suspected of intoxicated manslaughter in connection with driving a pickup truck into a home in Houston and killing a baby girl. A home is supposed to be a sanctuary for a family and for the unsuspecting Cedillo family this has been a [...]
A Texas City man was found guilty of drunken driving which left an Army reserve soldier critically injured. The 52-year-old man was convicted partly on the testimony of a forensic evidence expert from the DPS. The expert testified that in her opinion the defendant had a blood-alcohol content of around .165 at the time of [...]
