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In recent days, there seem to be a significant number of pedestrian accidents involving cars or large trucks. For example, last Thursday, Ernest Lee Brown, a 55-year-old Vidor resident, was attempting to cross the south service road of Interstate 10 at State Highway 62 at about 4:45 p.m. He crossed in front of a…

A New Tool for Catching Distracted Drivers The Hill Law Firm would like to remind everyone that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Our goal is to see to it that everyone gets to wherever they’re going safely, and we urge everyone to put away their cell phones while they’re driving and make everyone…

Just this past weekend, a pedestrian in San Antonio was struck and killed while attempting to cross the access road for Loop 1604 between Rogers Ranch and Military Drive. One vehicle managed to swerve to avoid the pedestrian, but the driver of a second vehicle apparently did not see him, so he had no…

Easter Sunday is usually a fun day for most Texans in the San Antonio area, but this past Easter Sunday wasn’t such a happy one for three families. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), a pickup that was driving on a slick, rain-soaked S.H 123 near Stockdale lost control at around…

Yesterday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that they have initiated their own investigation of an accident near Corpus Christi that claimed the lives of three teenage girls from the Houston area. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, apparently, four teens were returning home from a spring break trip to South…

The combination Valentine’s Day/Presidents’ Day weekend was anything but full of love on Texas roadways, as people seemed to be crashing into each other all over the state. For example, Friday night saw a rash of accidents all around the Houston area, taking the lives of at least five people. The carnage started at…

Last week was not a good one for San Antonio when it came to hit-and-run drivers. For example, at about 3:45 a.m. Thursday morning, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received a 911 call from a woman who told them that a man had been hit by a black pickup truck that never stopped on…

There were three potentially serious overnight accidents in the Houston area Saturday night, keeping police very busy and serving as a reminder that accidents can happen at any time, and drivers should always be alert. The first Saturday night crash occurred at around 11 p.m., near the Buffalo Bayou, which is just east of…

According to Houston Police, one drunken Texas man who chose to get behind the wheel after drinking too much last Sunday is responsible for at least three separate accidents over three hours, resulting in the deaths of two people, including a 6-year-old boy and multiple injuries to others, including a toddler. According to a…

Late Wednesday night, March 18, three teenagers were injured when the pickup they were driving slammed into a home in The Colony, a community 30 miles north of Dallas late Wednesday. The accident occurred at a little before midnight near the intersection of Blair Oaks Drive and Merrell Lane, with the pickup stopping less than two yards…