Accident & Injury Law in Texas

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A crash Sunday night near South Congress Avenue and Alpine Road left a motorcyclist dead.  He was recently identified as 53-year-old Donald Ingram Jr.

A 2005 Chevrolet pickup was pulling out of a private drive in the 3600 block of South Congress Avenue when it collided about 10 p.m. with the motorcycle being driven by Mr. Ingram who was going south on his Harley Davidson.

The Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling south and hit the driver’s side of the Chevrolet.

Mr. Ingram, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge where he died. The truck’s driver was not injured.  Police said it is unclear whether alcohol or speed was involved in the accident.

This is Austin’s 26th traffic fatality of the year, according to authorities.

A man riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a dump truck Monday Morning near Interstate 35 and Ben White Boulevard.

The truck had been at a stoplight on the northbound frontage road of Interstate 35, according to police. The accident happened at 9:41 a.m. as the driver turned east onto the Ben White Boulevard frontage road. The cyclist was traveling east on the Ben White frontage road, and the truck driver did not see him, officials said.

Police did not name the driver or the cyclist, who they described as a man in his 40s.

Officials said that no charges are expected but that the case is still under investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call vehicular homicide detectives at 974-4724. This is the 25th traffic fatality in Austin this year, officials said. At this time in 2009, there were 38.

Two people were killed and seven injured in a seven-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in far south San Antonio.

Margarita Montemayor, 43, and an unidentified passenger in another car were pronounced dead at the scene by San Antonio police.

The wreck, at Texas 16 and Watson Road, involved two tractor-trailers and five passenger vehicles, according to the police report.

Witnesses said four people traveling north in a green Toyota Solara on Texas 16 ran a red light and struck a tractor-trailer driven by Alejandro Guerra, who was traveling west on Watson Road.

The Solara flipped multiple times, stopping in the left-turning lane of southbound Texas 16. A passenger in the back seat was pronounced dead at the scene.

The tractor-trailer went through the intersection, veering right into southbound traffic on Texas 16. It hit three more cars and another tractor-trailer, causing a domino effect.

Montemayor was driving a white Chrysler 300 that was struck and pushed 100 feet into a ditch.

Guerra’s tractor-trailer came to a stop on the northwest corner of Watson Road and Texas 16. He and a passenger in the tractor-trailer, Nancy Guerra, were not hurt. Five people were transported to a hospital; two refused medical treatment. One of those hospitalized is pregnant, San Antonio Fire Battalion Chief Ralph Medina said.

One person was killed and another hospitalized Monday morning after a head-on collision on RM 967, officials said.

Shortly before 7 a.m., a vehicle tried to pass another vehicle on RM 967 near Cole Springs Road and hit an oncoming vehicle, said Hays County sheriff’s office spokesman Leroy Opiela.

Officials did not release the names of the drivers. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other driver was airlifted to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, Opiela said. His condition was not known.

One person was killed and another seriously injured Monday in a one-car wreck on the Interstate 35 northbound frontage road at Riverside Drive.

A Chevrolet Camaro carrying two men was traveling west on Riverside when it left the road for unknown reasons and struck a signal light pole at 2:17 a.m., police said.

The 37-year-old passenger, Ramon Gutierrez Frias, was pronounced dead at University Medical Center Brackenridge, while the driver was taken into surgery after suffering serious injuries, police said.

Speed appears to be a factor, officials said. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call vehicular homicide detectives at 974-8164.

Police said the man killed about 5 p.m. Saturday in a wreck on U.S. 290 West near Oak Hill was Mikel Leslie Light, 58.

Police said Light was driving a Mitsubishi truck east on U.S. 290 near FM 1826 when he tried to pass a Hyundai Santa Fe but grazed the front left corner of the vehicle. The Mitsubishi then crashed into the back of a blue Kia Rio, ran a red light at the intersection of FM 1826, left the roadway and crashed into a signal light pole at the southeast corner, police said.

Light was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and there were no other injuries. Anyone with information is asked to call vehicular homicide detectives at 974-8164.

The Department of Public Safety said two children died and two other people were hurt after their car was, hit by a train in Milam County.

DPS spokesman Tom Vinger on Tuesday identified the children who died as 9-year-old Monterious Hancock and 8- year-old Ahkeem Williams.

DPS says the woman driving the car and a 4-year-old passenger also were hurt in the collision Monday afternoon about two miles east of Rockdale.

DPS says the driver was the only person in the vehicle wearing a seat belt.

Officials are asking the public for information on a fatal hit-and-run early Sunday near Elgin.

An unknown vehicle was traveling south on Old McDade Road when it struck 25-year-old Juvencio Martir, who was walking south on the street, near Natures Way. Martir was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, where he died.

State troopers are asking anyone with information to call 512-424-7391.

A high-speed chase across Austin early Monday ended with one person killed and three others injured, according to law enforcement officials.

The chase began about 1 a.m. at a Walmart at Parmer Lane and Interstate 35 when a person flagged down a Travis County sheriff’s office deputy to report a theft in progress.

The deputy began pursuing a black vehicle carrying four people from the parking lot that then went south on Interstate 35. At least one other deputy vehicle was involved in the chase, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many total units were involved because other law enforcement agencies aided in the pursuit.

The pursuit ended about 1:20 a.m. when the vehicle hit a pole near Brodie Lane and U.S. 290 in front of a Spec’s liquor store.

One man died at the scene, and the three others in the vehicle were taken to area hospitals. No other details about the individuals or their conditions were released Monday

A man was killed ina three-vehicle wreck Monday afternoon on RM 2222.

He was driving a Honda S200 convertible, according to police, heading west on RM 2222 about 5:30 p.m. when he crossed the road for unknown reasons and hit tow cars going east.  The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the other two drivers, who were sole occupants of their vehicles, were taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge with injuries that were not life-threatening.