Category Archives: Car Accident
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 »
Available Car Crash-Related PTSD Medical Treatments
According to popular myth, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a combat-related condition which randomly affects some people who “can’t take it.” Reality is different. Any extremely stressful situation, like a car crash, could cause PTSD. In fact, this condition affects about 50 percent of car crash victims. Furthermore, PTSD is a physical brain injury,… Read More »
Common Defenses in Fatal Car Crash Cases
Supposedly, fewer car crashes would be one of the “silver linings” of the dark coronavirus pandemic lockdown cloud. But instead of decreasing, the number of fatal wrecks increased dramatically in 2020. The numbers haven’t gone down much since then. The bad habits that many drivers picked up during the pandemic, such as drinking and… Read More »
Multiple Injuries in Jersey Village Car Crash
Several people were rushed to area hospitals after a 76-year-old woman apparently hit the accelerator instead of the brake as she parked, causing her car to crash into a building. Nine people total were reportedly injured and one person was taken to the hospital via lifeflight, authorities say. Officials say three people were taken… Read More »
Hit-and-Run Driver Sends 2-Year-Old Boy to Hospital
Police are still searching for a man driving a white pickup truck who ran a red light, slammed into a car, jumped out of his vehicle, and fled the scene on foot. The boy’s great-grandmother was in the intersection of Hirsch Road and Laura Koppe Road at the time of the crash. The force… Read More »
Near-Fatal Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident on Highway 6
Two motorists struck a man who was crossing the northbound lanes of SH 6. One stopped and the other one didn’t. According to police, a man was trying to cross the northbound lanes in a dark stretch of road where there wasn’t a crosswalk. Police say the man was first struck by a Toyota… Read More »
Two People Dead Following West Houston Vehicle Collision
Few details were available about a car crash that killed two adults and sent two children to a hospital with serious injuries. Authorities believe speeding played a role in the crash between a black Toyota sedan and a gray Scion SUV in the 6300 block of Richmond Avenue near Greenridge Drive. The black car… Read More »
Uber Driver Crashes While Chasing Drunk Driver
Police aren’t sure who was responsible for a wild collision on the North Freeway. They are sure that a 3-year-old girl was critically injured. According to HPD, a white F-350 pickup truck, whose driver was possibly intoxicated, and a white minivan, which was operating as an Uber at the time, got into a crash… Read More »
Crazy Police Chase Ends in Fatal Collision
A teenage girl is dead after a 16-year-old boy driving a stolen car drove on the wrong side of the freeway to evade police. Houston police officers saw a silver Kia Rio that had been reported stolen. Officers attempted to stop the car, but the driver did not comply, sparking the pursuit. The driver… Read More »
Obstacles to Maximum Compensation in Car Crash Cases
Casinos don’t pay for lavish buildings by paying winners, and insurance companies don’t earn $1 trillion a year by compensating crash victims. Whether you walk up to a blackjack table or file an accident claim, the deck is stacked against you. The main difference is that, in most cases, blackjack losses are not life… Read More »
