More than 1,200 driving while intoxicated convictions in Harris County are invalid after a contractor was convicted of faking inspections of alcohol breath testing devices, prosecutors said. Deetrice Wallace, a Department of Public Safety contractor, told investigators that she had falsified inspections records for South Houston and Clute police department intoxilyzers. Wallace was prosecuted for…
Read More >Sacrament California will test requiring that drivers convicted of drunken driving install devices that block vehicles from starting if alcohol is detected on the drivers’ breath. The bill requires installing an ignition interlock device on every vehicle owned or operated by a first-time DUI offender in four counties: Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Tulare. The…
Read More >An 83-year-old man was killed Wednesday morning when he was hit by a car while trying to cross Burnet Road at Richcreek Road. William Boykin, who was using a walker, was crossing Burnet when the light turned green, and he was hit by a Honda Civic, police said. It was dark at the time of…
Read More >Police said a man sustained life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car while trying to cross the 12200 block of MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) near Parmer Lane about 7:55 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the man was struck by a northbound two-door Ford sedan. The woman driving the car was not injured, police said. The…
Read More >A 59-year-old man died Medical Center Brackenridge on Wednesday morning about three hours after his car collided with a pickup at East Seventh and Chicon streets, Austin police said. According to police, the pickup was heading north on Chicon when the driver ran a red light and hit the car at 1:29 a.m. The driver…
Read More >Austin City Council members will vote next week on an ordinance that would prohibit text messaging while driving. If approved, it might be the first such citywide texting ban in Texas, officials said. Drivers could still text while a vehicle is stopped. But the ordinance would ban writing, sending or viewing electronic messages on a…
Read More >One man died Tuesday afternoon in a three-car collision at the intersection of West Parmer Lane and Riata Vista Circle, police said. A 19-year-old woman driving a Honda Civic ran a red light on Parmer Lane and struck the driver’s side of a Mazda sedan crossing Parmer on Riata Vista Circle, police said. The driver…
Read More >A man died Saturday after his motorcycle struck a speed limit sign, police said Tuesday. Marlon Howard was driving east in the 5400 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard about 11 a.m. Friday when his blue 2000 Yamaha motorcycle left the road and struck the sign on the south side of the road. Howard was flown…
Read More >Three people died when a pickup ran a red light and slammed into a car at an intersection Friday, morning, police said. The crash happened about 10 a.m. Friday in Conroe. Conroe police Sgt. Bob Berry says witnesses reported seeing the truck moving quickly in and out of traffic before slamming into the car, killing…
Read More >Roel Castillo, 42, died about 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning when Michael Filius, 50, ran a red light at the intersection of U.S. 183 and Lakeline Boulevard. Filius is charged with intoxicated manslaughter in the accident with bail set at $250,000 in Williamson County. Filius was driving a red Ford pickup heading west on Lakeline when…
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