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Recently, a natural gas pipeline explosion sent shock waves through residential neighborhoods and lit up the night sky near the South Texas city of Refugio, a rural community north of Corpus Christi, about 15 miles from the Texas Coast. Witnesses claim they heard a loud boom and that their bed shook them awake. The…

San Antonio Sinkhole Claims Life of Sheriff’s Deputy In San Antonio, a massive sinkhole opened up late Sunday and claimed the life of a 69-year-old part-time Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy named Dora Linda Nishihara. According to reports, Deputy Nishihara was driving down a San Antonio road Sunday night when the San Antonio sinkhole opened…

Lake Arrowhead Drowning Leads to Texas Life Vest Warning: Wear One! After a man from Vernon, Texas drowned at Lake Arrowhead last weekend while fishing, Texas Game Wardens have been sending out messages urging boaters all over the state to practice good water safety and to always wear a life vest anytime they are…

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Releases Road Debris Study Another new study, this time by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, was released last week and suggests that the roads are more dangerous than ever because of a preventable problem. According to this road debris study, between 2011 and 2014 more than 200,000 crashes…

Investigators were able to locate the remains of two of three missing crew members who had been missing since the head-on collision of two freight trains in the Texas Panhandle yesterday. The third missing crew member is presumed dead, while a fourth was able to jump from his train just before impact Tuesday. The…

Nine Soldiers Dead in Fort Hood Flash Flood Accident A terrible accident occurred at the end of last week in Fort Hood, Texas, when a flood-swollen stream washed away a tactical vehicle, leaving nine soldiers dead. The floods were the result of the torrential rains that have hit Central Texas hard over the last…

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…

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…

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…

Over-height Truck Causes Texas Bridge Collapse The Texas Department of Public Safety was forced to shut down Interstate 35 in both directions near Salado for most of the day Thursday, after a bridge collapsed onto the highway, killing at least one person and injuring three others. The bridge didn’t just collapse; it had help. A…