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The weekend turned tragic for the family of a 20-year old woman killed last night in a crash on the Gulf Freeway in League City.  According to reports from Channel 13 and Channel 11, the young lady was transporting a mattress on her vehicle when her car was struck by a Ford pickup truck.  The Channel 13 article states the woman was driving slowly because of the load.  The young woman died in the accident; the pickup driver was not injured although his vehicle hit the median after crashing into the woman’s car.

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A Houston Police Department officer was injured this morning in a crash on the Eastex Freeway at the North Beltway. The officer was attempting to block part of the freeway at the scene of a previous accident that left debris in the roadway; a car hit the vehicle that spilled the debris, pushing that vehicle into the officer.  The officer’s condition was unknown at the time of Channel 2’s report: he or she was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital.  Police say the driver who knocked the vehicle into the officer will be cited for failure to control speed.  The crash happened around 11:00 a.m. and the freeway was reopened at 1:10 p.m.

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A 24-year old woman from Austin and a 57-year old man from San Antonio were killed this morning in a crash on Interstate 10 westbound near Beaumont.  At around 4:30 a.m. a 2013 Toyota sedan crashed into the rear of an 18-wheeler that was carrying concrete powder.  The man and the woman who died were passengers riding in the Toyota according to Channel 11; the driver of the Toyota was transported to Christus St. Elizabeth hospital to undergo surgery. Names have not been released, but the driver is reported to be a 21-year old man from San Antonio; Troopers think the Toyota driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.  The 57-year old driver of the 18-wheeler was under observation at the hospital: he is from the Houston area. An investigation of the accident is ongoing.

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A fire broke out the morning of Friday September 13th at the Formosa Plastics plant near Victoria, Texas. Four of the injured workers were transported to a Houston area hospital’s burn unit and a fifth worker was taken to a hospital in Victoria.  The company has not yet released the names of the injured men.  Channel 2 reports that when the fire started the men were doing maintenance on a tower in the polyethylene-II unit which produces a plastic pellet.  Formosa Plastics is currently under investigation for a May 2nd fire that sent 14 people to hospital.  The Victoria Advocate said the employees were initially treated at an on-site medical facility but were transferred because of the nature of their injuries.

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Un breve artículo en la pagina web del canal 13 informa que un trabajador se mató anoche en un accidente en Madden Bolt Galvanizing Corporation en la carretera Hempstead. El hombre fue según se informa atropellado por un montecarga, pero ningun otro detalles se an proporcionado. Ya, desde que el accidente fue una fatalidad, OSHA investigará.

Actualización: Noticias del canal 2 ha publicado un reportaje en su pagina web identificando el trabajador fallecido como Marco Aurelio Rodriguez 33 años. Según el artículo Marco fue a usar el montacarga para transportar un recipiente de metal cuando el montacarga golpeó una zanja de drenaje. Marco fue arrojado de el montacarge en donde cayo, y fue aplastando.

A brief article on Channel 13’s web site reports that a worker was killed last night in an accident at Madden Bolt Galvanizing Corporation on Hempstead Highway. The man was reportedly run over by a forklift, but no other details are provided. Since the accident was a fatality, OSHA will investigate.

Update: Channel 2 News has published a story on their web site identifying the deceased worker as 33-year old Marco Aurelio Rodriguez; according to the article Marco was using the forklift to transport a metal storage bin when the forklift hit a drainage ditch; Marco was thrown from the forklift which then toppled over, crushing him.

Source: Channel 2 News

There was a major car accident this morning on the southbound Gulf Freeway near Almeda Genoa. A car lost control around 8:00 a.m., hitting the railing on the Edgebrook overpass. The car then spun across the freeway hitting a pickup truck, then hit the railing on the opposite side of the freeway and flipped over. Fire fighters cut two people out of the car: the driver was helicoptered to Memorial Hermann and the passenger was taken by ambulance. Investigators told Houston’s Channel 11 that alcohol may be a factor in the accident; the freeway was closed for three hours while police investigated.

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Police say a woman was speeding around 1:00 a.m. this morning when she slammed on her brakes, losing control of her Nissan car before striking a concrete barrier, spinning out then rear-ending a Houston Police Department patrol car. Both vehicles are totaled. The officer in the patrol car was watching for speeders at the time of the accident on the Southwest Freeway near Beltway 8. KHOU said neither the officer nor the driver of the Nissan were injured in the accident; the driver faces two traffic citations.

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An 18-wheeler tanker truck overturned yesterday evening around 9:15 p.m. spilling 5,000 gallons of chemical onto the roadway and closing westbound 290 at Mueschke Road. A nearby restaurant and gas station were evacuated as a precaution and two Harris County Deputies were treated for exposure at the scene. Apparently a passenger vehicle was also involved, though exactly how the accident happened isn’t apparent from media reports. Channel 13 News said nobody was injured in the wreck.

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A construction worker fell 10 stories to his death Thursday at a construction project at 2800 Wesleyan near W. Alabama. Houston Fire Department responded but the man was already dead. It appears the construction project is a 35-story residential tower being developed by CF Jordan Construction, according to the Houston Chronicle. The construction worker was employed by a sub-contractor at the site. OSHA will investigate to determine what happened; wonder why this worker wasn’t wearing fall protection if he was on the tenth floor?

KHOU’s story. Channel 2’s story. Channel 13’s story. Houston Chronicle’s story.

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