Houston Personal Injury Attorneys – Smith & Hassler

ABC Channel 13 Eyewitness News has posted a brief report of a car crashing into a bayou in northwest Houston. The Thursday night wreck happened at West TC Jester and the 610 North Loop. Police say the driver of the vehicle was speeding when he left the roadway and struck a pole, causing the vehicle to roll over once, travel down the bank of the bayou and land near the water. According to the report the occupants of the vehicle suffered minor bumps and bruises but will be okay.

In another story KTRK reports firefighters cutting a man from the wreckage of his pickup truck after a single vehicle accident in southwest Houston. Police say the driver was on Dunlap near Clarewood when he took a turn too fast and struck a tree. When firefighters arrived at the scene the driver was pinned inside the truck and they had to cut him free. Unfortunately the man was badly injured and is in serious condition.

Click2Houston.com is reporting on a strange set of circumstances surrounding a car accident on Houston’s Southwest Freeway yesterday morning during rush hour traffic. The accident happened near Chimney Rock. A driver hit a car and stopped to exchange information with the motorist who had been hit, but when police arrived things got weird. Police said the driver gave them his driver’s license, then scrammed. The driver lead police on a chase along the Southwest Freeway, onto the West Loop to Westheimer Road. The chase ended on Wesleyan near Richmond Avenue when the driver was cornered. During the chase the driver hit two more vehicles. The reason the driver gave police for leading them on a chase: he said he had to meet his parents in downtown Houston. The driver has been charged with evading arrest and failure to stop and provide information.

Fortunately for the 3 vehicles he hit, it appears he did not hit any of them intentionally. Intentional damage caused by a motor vehicle (for example, ramming another car) is NOT covered under the insurance policy of the car used to cause the damage.  Call the hard-working Houston personal injury attorneys at Smith & Hassler for a free consultation regarding your car accident injury case.