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About a month ago, I had to take the deposition of a driver that had caused an accident.  I really ticked off his attorney when I asked him the following questions: Q: Are you aware that, after the accident, my client had blood in his urine for a few days? A:    No. Q: Are you aware that,…

A National Guard Humvee lost control on Interstate 35 on Wednesday, triggering a six-vehicle crash that killed the soldier driving the Humvee and two other drivers, including one from Austin, authorities said. The Humvee was traveling south in the rain near the small town of Troy, north of Temple, about 11 a.m. when it went…

A woman who was jogging on a sidewalk near downtown was killed Friday afternoon when an SUV struck her while backing out of a private driveway, Austin police said. Witnesses told police that she was jogging in the 200 block of West 15th Street, between Colorado and Lavaca streets. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services took…

Two men, one with life-threatening injuries, were treated Friday at University Medical Center Brackenridge after a wreck on Texas 71 at FM 973 in Southeast Austin, police said. A white truck and blue Cadillac collided at 3:31 a.m. and the passenger in the Cadillac suffered the most serious injuries.  The driver of the car was…

A 35-year-old Killeen woman died Friday after the car she was driving left the road, collided with a stack of railroad ties and vaulted onto an embankment before catching fire, witnesses tolk Killeen police. Witnesses said that the red Mercury Cougar driven by Nutosha Rena Allen traveled west in the 4100 block of Water Street…

Travis County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved paying more than $12,000 to Farmers Insurance for damage caused to an SUV in a May collision with a Travis County patrol car. On May 13, Deputy Dennis Malinger was responding to an emergency —without his lights or sirens activated —when he ran a stop sign, according to…

Toyota Motor Corporation said it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company’s largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. The recall will involve models such as the Toyota Camry, the top-selling passenger car in America,…

After years of trying to make cars sound as if they were riding on air, engineers are considering how they might make them noisier. They’re trying to make hybrids and electric cars more audible to pedestrians. A team of engineers developing the Leaf, the forthcoming electric car from Nissan, has been presenting ideas for artificial…

In 16 states (Texas is not one of them), drugs now kill more people than auto accidents  do, the government said. Experts said the shift reflects two opposite trends: Driving, is becoming safer, and the legal and illegal Use of powerful prescription painkillers is on the rise. Call Austin Accident Lawyer for Free Car Accident…

New legislation would spur states to outlaw text messaging while driving, considered a growing threat in a nation reluctant to put down its cell phones and hand-held devices even behind the wheel, the Obama administration said. The Transportation Department reported that nearly 6,000 people were killed last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction,…