Accidents News and Updates

Accidents kill 830,000 children annually

Around the globe, accidents kill 830,000 children annually – equivalent to all the children in Chicago, according to a report issued by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The report, the first to collect all known data on child injuries…

Driver sought in Round Rock fatal hit-and-run

Round Rock police are asking for the public’s help in finding the driver of a car that hit and fatally wounded a motorcyclist last week. The wreck occurred on September 25 at about 9:45 p.m. when the driver of a…

Study: Truckers’ Disabilities Turn Deadly on Roads

Scary.  Very Scary. Tractor trailer and bus drivers in the United States have suffered seizures, hear attacks or unconscious spells behind the wheel that led to deadly crashes on highways.  Hundreds of thousands of drivers carry commercial licenses even though…

Man dies after hit-and-run

Austin police are investigating the death of a man who was hit by a vehicle after he got out of his car to inspect damage from a wreck Friday night. Just after 10 p.m., Jose Angel Fuentes-Reyes, 28, was stopped…

Austin Man Killed in Wreck

A man died Monday afternoon in Williamson County after a vehicle crossed into incoming traffic and collided with a pickup in which he was riding, a Texas Department of Public Safety official said. Eric Aguillar, 42, of Austin, a passenger…

Gap Trap Causes Accidents

I have some clients who recently fell into a hole in their GAP Policy. Here’s what happened: They bought a new car in October, 2007 and purchased a GAP policy with it. The policy is, of course, designed to cover…

U.S. Crashes Cost $164.2 Billion Yearly

Traffic crashes cost America motorists $164.2 billion a year, or about $1,051 per person, according to a AAA research report.  That’s more than double the $67.6 billion in annual costs from congestion, or about $430 per person. To calculate the…

Another Death on 71 Reported

Sadly, another youth was killed on Sunday on Texas 71 near Bee Creek Road in western Travis County where 10 people have died since October, 2006.  The wreck occurred about half a mile west of the spot where three teenagers…

Nine people involved in Interstate 35 crash

Four people were hurt in a wreck Sunday on an Interstate 35 frontage road, including two children who at first were though to be critically injured.  Authorities said te accident on the northbound frontage road near East 11th Street involved…