Houston Personal Injury Attorneys – Smith & Hassler

Two people were killed and several others injured in a four vehicle accident at the intersection of Beltway 8 feeder and Antoine. According to media accounts of the accident, it started when a 17-year old driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck ran through a red light, colliding with an SUV occupied by a family of four. A 34-year old woman and a 15-year old boy in the SUV lost their lives; the father, driving the SUV, and a daughter, riding in the rear seat, were transported to hospital.

After it was struck by the pickup truck the SUV rolled onto two other vehicles causing additional injuries to those occupants.

An article that recently appeared on the Houston Chronicle’s web site states that Houston leads the entire nation in red light runner fatal accidents. T-bone type crashes have perhaps greater potential to cause serious injury or death than any other type of motor vehicle collision because of the proximity of the point of impact to the occupants of the vehicle.

Running a red light to try and get where you are going a few minutes sooner is simply not worth the risk and, as in his tragic case, endangers the lives of other innocent drivers.

The victim’s SUV and the Dodge Ram that ran the red light

The victims’ Tahoe where it came to rest

34-year old Blaine T. Boudreaux has been charged with intoxication manslaughter, Channel 2 is reporting, after Boudreaux was involved in a two vehicle accident that claimed the life of a six-year old boy. Boudreaux was reportedly traveling northbound on Lockwood in Houston around 6:10 p.m. Sunday evening when he allegedly ran a red light at the intersection of the East Freeway feeder. Boudreaux’s black-colored Dodge Ram pickup truck hit a black Honda Civic. The 6-year old boy, riding as a passenger in the Honda, was transported to Texas Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Online resources indicate Boudreaux is an assistant manager at a Walgreen’s in Katy, Texas.

Channel 11 News report.

The Honda Civic carrying the 6-year old boy

Blaine Boudreaux’s Dodge Ram pickup truck

Blaine T. Boudreaux

Alexander Moreno (24), Jose Aurelio Cantaerero Benitez (48) and David Mejia Bonilla (22) were pronounced dead at the scene of a major car accident at around 7:00 am on Saturday May 12th. The three men were passengers in a Honda Civic driven by 19-year old Misael Esquibel. Investigators say the Honda Civic pulled up to a stop sign at FM 3083 at Butler in Conroe, but then failed to yield the right-of-way to a 1998 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck. The pickup crashed into the side of the Honda Civic, tearing open the side of the vehicle and ejecting one passenger into the woods. Investigators say the intersection where this accident happened is dangerous: two crosses nearby mark the scene of other fatal accidents. The driver of the pickup truck was essentially unhurt and the driver of the Honda Civic was taken to Conroe Regional Hospital in critical condition. Channel 2’s story on the deadly accident is here. ABC Channel 13’s story is here. The Houston Chronicle’s story is here.