Truck driver Dwayne Simon, 37, was arrested Tuesday morning after stopping his 18-wheeler in the middle of US Highway 75 in Dallas, leading to another driver’s death. The Dallas Observer stated that Mr. Simon parked his truck in the middle of the northbound lanes of the highway and failed to turn on his flashers at about 2:30… Read More
Brady Burger, 23, was killed earlier this week when he was riding his motorcycle and was hit by a set of tires that had separated from the trailer of an 18-wheeler. The incident happened on Interstate 35 near Mayhill Road. Police reports indicate that a set of two tires came loose from a trailer that was… Read More
Two Texans were killed early Monday morning after a fiery crash took place involving four 18-wheelers on Interstate 10 in west Baton Rouge. They were identified as Alex Willett, 55, from Orange, Texas, and John Mack, 53, from Beaumont, Texas. According to police reports, the wreck occurred when Willett failed to slow down as he came… Read More
A truck driver was killed Thursday after crashing his 18-wheeler truck into a restaurant in Fort Bend County, near Houston. According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, the unidentified driver smashed into an unoccupied Japanese restaurant at about 9 a.m. The 18-wheeler, hauling liquid nitrogen, was moving southbound on Grand Parkway when it crossed the… Read More
38-year-old Bruce Harris died Thursday after being involved in a car crash in the Dallas area. According to police, Harris and an unidentified 36-year-old male passenger were in a disabled vehicle on Central Expressway when they were struck from behind by a sedan. The crash caused the gas tank on Harris’s vehicle to catch fire. Harris,… Read More
Last Wednesday morning Interstate 35E was shut down after a multi-vehicle pileup took place. According to NBC DFW, at least seven vehicles were involved, and at least one driver was found pinned in their vehicle, said Dallas Fire-Rescue. The cause of the wreck has not yet been officially determined. Photos of the traffic showed vehicles backed… Read More
One person was killed and two others injured yesterday in a car crash that occurred in downtown Austin, Texas. According to police, two vehicles initially crashed into each other on a feeder road for Interstate 35 and Cesar Chaves street at about 8:35 a.m. on Thursday. Directly following this crash, the driver of one of those vehicles,… Read More
A crash took place Thursday evening on southbouth MoPac near US Highway 183 that resulted in three people being hurt. One of those people received life-threatening injuries. News reports stated that the wreck occurred when an 18-wheeler truck crashed head-on into a pickup truck. Police did not indicate whether either of the drivers involved was at… Read More