In what seems to be an ongoing event on Houston highways, a semi truck accident shut down 610 today for many hours while crews worked to clean up a fuel spill from the truck accident. The 18-wheeler accident occurred early Monday morning between a minivan and a tractor-trailer on the East Loop of Houston. What [...]
New automobiles, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles all have something in common these days besides the obvious category of transportation they fall in, and it is they have little high tech black boxes installed to record the five-seconds leading up to the air bags deploying during a accident. It records rate of speed, Rpms [...]
Reports out today indicated that a fourth child has died from the daycare fire that took the life of three other children earlier in the week. The scrutiny of the fatal fire has been ongoing and led to many questions. Were there working smoke detectors on the premises? Why were not all of the children [...]
A Houston day care caught fire today and left two children dead and five injured. The day care center was located in West Houston and apparently had previous issues concerning lack of fire protection, according to reports. This tragic accident is an example of a parents worst nightmare. The initial indications indicate that the fire [...]
Garbage trucks are a common sight on city roads. They come through and pick up the trash – and are usually unobtrusive – their existence often melding into the background of our consciousness as we go about our daily business. However, garbage trucks have the potential to be deadly – and often at a moment’s [...]
A tragic episode that is very common still today happened in Montgomery county early Sunday morning. Reports indicate a one and one half year old girl was burned to death in a mobile home, before anyone could rescue her. The grandmother tried to save her but passed out from smoke inhalation, and was severely burned [...]
In many personal injury claims there is a big question on who did what and when, but video is changing the game. Up until recently it has been easy for defendants to deny their actions and rely upon the absence of proof otherwise to defend the claim. However, many times the accident or incident has [...]
Drunk drivers account for a little less than half of all motor vehicle fatalities annually in this country – a number that is a crime in itself when one takes into account that literally billions of dollars are poured into preventing just this type of incident – the Houston drunk driving accident-with little effect it [...]
The recent spate of rainy weather has been all the news in the news of late. Talking heads are pondering the fate of any number of annual events – from a marathon to a walk on the beach. (I am always amazed that wintry weather takes Houstonians by surprise each year – as if we [...]
Texas has a real drunk driving accident problem and Houston in particular leads the nation in fatal drunk driving accidents. Even though consequences in the criminal arena can be severe it does not help the family that a drunk driver is in prison. Losing a loved one or facing massive medical bills while you’re trying [...]
