Category Archives: Car Accident
Dual Fatal Wrong-Way Wreck in Sugar Land
A third person barely survived the crash, which occurred on September 2, 2024, on U.S. 90 at Gillingham Lane, just east of Eldridge Road. Sugar Land police said a Honda Pilot was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes when the driver hit a Toyota Highlander, with two people inside, head-on. The two drivers died… Read More »
Direct and Supplemental Evidence in a Car Crash Claim
Cold, hard facts usually make a difference in life. That’s certainly true for victims in personal injury cases. To obtain compensation for their injuries, victims must prove negligence, or a lack of care, by a preponderance of the evidence, or more likely than not. While technically the standard of proof is low, there’s usually… Read More »
Vicarious Liability in Car Crash Cases: Breaking it Down
Texas has one of the lowest auto insurance minimum coverage requirements in the state. Many drivers only have $55,000 per person (personal injury and property damage) coverage. The average personal injury and property damage amount in a catastrophic (life-threatening) injury case is more than $150,000. Something needs to fill in the gap between these… Read More »
Fatal Wreck on North Freeway During Morning Commute
Few details were available after a multi-vehicle collision on a rain-slick freeway killed one person. Preliminary information from Houston Police indicates that one person has been pronounced deceased as a result of the crash. Emergency units responded to the accident at 5:24 a.m. in the morning. Both the left and right shoulders, along with… Read More »
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Motorcyclist in Houston
According to witnesses, a Kia driver failed to stop at a stoplight in Houston, rear-ended a motorcycle, and fled from the scene on foot. When officers arrived at the accident scene in the 5800 block of Mesa Drive, they found a motorcycle hit from behind by a gray Kia. The male motorcyclist was pronounced… Read More »
Legal Issues in Rear End Wreck Cases
Driver negligence, usually driver inattention or improper driver judgment, causes most rear-end collisions. These crashes constitute about a third of the motor vehicle collisions in Texas. Sometimes, traffic backs up and the tortfeasor (negligent driver) fails to reduce speed appropriately. Other times, tortfeasor misjudge the distance between their vehicles and the vehicles in front… Read More »
The Five Kinds of Driver Impairment
Most car accidents aren’t “accidents.” Driver error causes over 98 percent of the vehicle collisions in Texas. Sometimes, this driver error is speeding, turning illegally, or another form of aggressive driving. Generally, however, driver error includes driver impairment. Arguably, these tortfeasors (negligent drivers) know they shouldn’t get behind the wheel, but they do so… Read More »
Teenage Boy Killed in High-Speed Chase
Five 12- and 13-year-old boys fled from police in a stolen car in West Houston. Only two of them walked away, and only four of them survived. Police said this started with a stolen car speeding first off Richmond before ending up on Westheimer Road in the Westchase District. A chase followed from there… Read More »
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian on the North Freeway
Few details were available after a driver fatally struck a pedestrian on northbound Interstate 45 at approximately 10:30 p.m. The identity of the deceased adult female, believed to have been a pedestrian struck by an unknown vehicle, is yet to be verified by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The driver involved in… Read More »
Reckless Police Chase Kills Two People
HPD vowed to investigate a high-speed chase in southeast Houston that killed two people and seriously injured two others. Houston police said officers tried to pull over a driver for running a red light on Broadway and almost hitting another car but the driver refused to stop. Police said they weren’t sure how fast… Read More »
