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Cadillac rear ends and flips pickup truck on W. Fuqua at Goldfarb

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Aug 2012
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The driver of a Cadillac was trapped in his vehicle for more than 30 minutes last night after a major car accident on W. Fuqua Street at Goldfarb in southwest Houston. The crash happened at around 11:45 p.m. when the pick, heading east on W. Fuqua was rear ended by the Cadillac at a high speed. The impact was severe enough to flip the truck over. Both drivers were taken to hospital. Channel 11’s report.

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HFD cuts free the Cadillac driver. Photo credit: Channel 11

Deadly car accident on North Main in Baytown

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Aug 2012
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Police believe speed and possibly alcohol may be the causes of a deadly car accident on North Main Street near Archer in Baytown yesterday. Police say that around 5:00 a.m. a 22-year old male was driving at excessive speed on North Main in a black-colored Honda Civic when he drove the car off the road and into a ditch, launching the car airborne and into a power pole before the Civic came to rest on its roof. Investigators say the driver was killed in the accident. Two women aged 21 and 22 were passengers in the car: they were in serious condition and were taken by life flight helicopter to hospital. Channel 2’s story did not include the names of the people involved, and mentions that police think alcohol may have been involved.

Pickup trucks crash at Pasadena intersection hospitalizing two

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Aug 2012
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A crash in Pasadena at the intersection of Space Center Boulevard and Fairmont Parkway around midnight last night sent two people to the hospital. A maroon-colored Ford F-series pickup truck and a black Ford F-series pickup truck were involved. According to the Pasadena Police Department, the maroon Ford ran the red light and caused the accident: one person in the black truck was taken to hospital via life flight helicopter, the other by ground ambulance. Police said the driver of the Ford would be tested for possible drunk driving. A witness who helped the injured right after the crash disagreed with the Pasadena Police Department’s conclusion on who was at fault, and said the black truck ran the red light. You can read Channel 11’s report here. Smith & Hassler offers free attorney consultations for personal injury cases. Visit www.smithandhassler.com or call (713) 739 1250.

Pasadena Police Dept believes this red Ford truck ran a red light

Head-on accident on FM 1488 kills one and injures two

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Aug 2012
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A head-on crash on FM 1488 in Montgomery County has left one woman and her pet dog dead and another woman and her three year old daughter injured. Taylor Harris, 20, was driving her Ford Focus car westbound on FM 1488 when, for a reason that’s not known, she cross the center turn lane and crashed head-on into Melanie Sangil‘s Nissan Armada SUV, heading eastbound. Harris was killed in the accident, as was her pet dog. Melanie Sangil and her 3-year old daughter were taken to Conroe Regional Hospital in stable condition. The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. on FM 1488 near Peoples Road. Channel 2’s story is here. The Montgomery County Police Reporter story is here, including video and photographs. Both women are reported to be from Conroe.

Car lands on woman sleeping inside her Airline Drive home

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Aug 2012
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Police suspect drunk driving may be the reason why a car left the southbound lanes of Airline Drive, bounced off a phone pole and pickup truck before plowing into a mobile home, landing atop a woman sleeping in her bed. Harris County Sheriff’s Office say the red car was traveling at a high rate of speed before it crashed in the 9200 block of Airline Drive around midnight. Amazingly the woman was transported to hospital in relatively good condition, save for some burns from the hot car. The driver of the car made an attempt to flee the accident scene on foot but witnesses held him down until police arrived. Read Channel 11’s report here. Channel 13’s report is here.

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Head-on pickup truck collision on FM 2100 in Huffman kills two

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Aug 2012
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Channel 13 News is reporting a head-on collision between pickup trucks that resulted in two fatalities.  The accident happened after 6:00 a.m. this morning on FM 2100 near Afton Way in Huffman, Texas. Channel 13 said at least one person was taken from the scene by life flight helicopter.  FM 2100 was closed as authorities investigated the cause of the crash.  The accident involved two white-colored pickup trucks, one a Toyota Tundra, the other a Dodge Ram.  Both trucks sustained extremely severe front-end damage, which is typical for a moderate to high-speed head-on crash.

Dodge Ram pickup involved in this morning's head-on collision

Toyota Tundra pickup truck involved in this morning's collision

Rollover accident – Greens Road crash injures 10

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Aug 2012
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Ten people were sent to hospital and one person was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a Saturday night car accident. Police say a green-colored Ford F-150 pickup truck ran a red light at the intersection of Greens Road and Lee Road around 10:30 p.m. An approaching car t-boned the truck causing it to flip over. Police say there were four adults and five children in the truck: the kids’ ages ranged from 2 months to 11-years old. The car driver was injured also. The driver of the truck was arrested on suspicion of DWI. Channel 2’s report is here. Channel 11’s report is here.
This accident is an illustration of why you can never carry enough automobile insurance coverage. Assuming the F-150 driver has a state liability minimum limits policy, there would be a maximum of $60,000 of coverage for bodily injury to ALL of the people hurt in this crash: the passengers in the pickup and the driver of the car.

Police suspect the driver of the F-150 was drunk

This car t-boned the truck when the truck's driver ran a red light

Ryder box truck and pickup crash on East 610 Loop

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Aug 2012
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A 5:00 p.m. crash yesterday between a Ryder box truck and a pickup pulling a trailer reduced the East 610 Loop to a single lane of traffic yesterday. The accident was in the southbound lanes near Market Street. The box truck driver and a passenger had to be extracted from the cab of the box truck and were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The Ryder truck was loaded with industrial batteries, some of which spilled, but thanks for the quick response of the hazmat team the spill was contained. The pickup truck and trailer jackknifed. The cause of the accident wasn’t listed in Channel 11’s report.
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Tire blowout on Eastex Freeway causes fatal minivan rollover

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Jul 2012
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An accident this afternoon on the Eastex Freeway (Highway 59) at Parker has reportedly killed a child passenger. Police say a tire blew out on a gray minivan causing the driver to lose control before hitting the guardrail, after which the vehicle flipped over several times. A Channel 13 report states a child passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, and at least two other children and two adults inside the minivan were transported to the hospital. The occupants of the minivan may have been a family returning from vacation as there was luggage strewn at the crash site. Channel 2’s story is here. Channel 11’s story is here. FOX News’ story is here.

Driver killed in crash on Highway 288 at MacGregor

24
Jul 2012
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A driver was killed in a car accident at Highway 288 and MacGregor last night, though media accounts of how and why the accident differ. Channel 11’s report states that the driver of a dark blue compact sedan was”recklessly racing up an embankment” at the time of the crash, along with another driver in a white-colored car. One driver lost control and struck a support column of the freeway underpass: that driver then struck the other vehicle. Both drivers were taken to Ben Taub hospital where one died. Channel 13’s story on the other hand states the accident happened when the driver of the blue car was about to exit when he changed his mind at the last second, but lost control and struck a wall, causing the car to catch fire.

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