Accidents

A pregnant Elgin woman and her unborn child were killed in a head-on collision late Friday, according to Texas Department of Public Safety officials. Lisa Page, 35, was driving west on FM 969 about 11:15 Am. when her vehicle collided with one driven by Rex Easley, 17, of Manor, according to a Texas Department of…

A two-vehicle wreck in the Texas Panhandle left five people dead and one seriously hurt. Investigators said a minivan driven by, a 14-year-old girl and a truck hauling oversized machinery collided about 10 miles north of Pampa on Wednesday afternoon. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange said Thursday that all of the victims were…

A 39-year-old Seguin man was killed in a motorcycle wreck Sunday night. New Braunfels police were called to a motorcycle crash in the 2800 block of Loop 337 at 9:28 p.m. The driver, Paul Rector, died at the scene. The cause of the wreck is still under investigation, police said.

A 23-year-old Austin man who was charged with murder after a fatal wreck Monday had been convicted in three drunken driving cases and had gotten his license back just over a month ago, according to his arrest affidavit and court documents. Jaime Bonilla Alvarado, who also goes by Donnie Noel Bonilla, was charged with first-degree…

Austin police have filed murder charges against a 23-year-old man in connection with a fatal collision Monday at Airport Boulevard and Bohn Road. Jaime Bonilla Alvarado could face up to life in prison if convicted on the first-degree felony charges. Robert Joel Benn, 64, who had come to Austin from Tennessee on business, died after…

Robert Benn, who had just flown into Austin after the birth of his third grandchild, was heading from the airport to his hotel about 10 p.m. Monday when police said he neared Airport Boulevard and Bolm Road in East Austin. Just then, investigators said, a motorist in a Lincoln Navigator suspected of drunken driving began…

Police are looking for the driver of a pickup that crashed Sunday morning in the 6100 block of Reicher Drive in Northeast Austin, leaving a passenger dead. About 6 a.m. Sunday, the driver lost control of a teal Chevrolet pickup, and if flipped over, police said. The driver fled and has not been identified. Police…

A woman was taken to University Medical Center Brackenrisge hospital by STARFlight Saturday afternoon after she was badly burned on her face during a vehicle crash on Texas 71 West. The three-vehicle collision took place about 12:30 p.m. near the intersection with Preserve Way.  Nine people were involved in the collision.  Four others besides the…

A man convicted of intoxication manslaughter has been sentenced to prison for a wreck that killed a Johnson County woman. Brandon Burchfield, 19, got a 10-year sentence in the 2008 death of Nogaelda Zavala.  Burchfield had a blood-alchohol level more than twice the legal limit when the wreck occured.