Tag Archives: hit-and-run

Fatal Motorcycle Accident Shows Why Shoulders Are a Dangerous Place to Stop

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We are all taught to pull out of the road and onto the shoulder when you have vehicle difficulties.  However, a number of auto accidents involving vehicles that are parked or stopped on the shoulder happen every year.  A recent drunk driving accident highlights why the shoulder is not always a safe place to be. According to multiple media sources, shortly before 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning, November 3, 2012, Chase Hunt and Danny Hunt were returning read more
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One Dead, Four More Injured After Suspected Intoxicated Driver Hits a Horse-Drawn Carriage in Galveston, Texas

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Saturday, July 21, 2012, one victim is left dead and four more are injured after a suspected drunk driver rear-ends a horse-drawn carriage.  The collision occurred around 11:00 p.m. at 21st Street and Avenue L in Galveston, Texas. The driver of the vehicle, Mike Grayson, of Conroe was detained by witnesses at the scene until police arrived.  After failing field sobriety tests, he was taken tot he hospital for a mandatory blood test.  He admitted read more
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Hit-and-Run in Northwest Houston Leaves Mother of Five Dead

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In the early hours of Sunday morning, April 15th, Lucinda Hernandez and her husband Ever Hernandez left a bar where they had been celebrating Lucinda's birthday the night before.  She had just turned 38. As she was driving them home, they had an argument. Lucinda puled the vehicle over in the 2000 block of West Mount Houston Road, got out and began walking down the road.  Her husband could do nothing but watch as a passing pick-up truck struck read more
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Driver of Flying Tire Hit-and-Run Accident on I-35 Could Face Felony Charges When Caught

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On Friday April April 6th, 2012, Yvette Marie Cardenas Ruiz, age 39, was killed when a flying tire crashed through the windshield of her van as she was traveling north on Interstate 35 near Waco, Texas.  According to witnesses the tire and wheel spindle flew off of a southbound pick-up truck and crossed over the median striking Ms. Ruiz' vehicle.  Ms. Ruiz passenger (and mother) was able to steer the vehicle to a safe stop. The truck was able read more
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