Automobile Accidents

• San Antonio Crash Kills Two Drivers

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Two truck drivers were killed on Loop 410 in San Antonio on Thursday after they collided head-on. The truck accident involved an 18-wheeler and a concrete truck. The concrete truck had a tire blow out and the driver lost control of the vehicle. The truck crossed the median at Loop 410 and East Southcross and crashed into a Wal-Mart 18-wheeler around 3 p.m.A white four-door car carrying...

• Car Catches Fire in Sonoma County Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 12, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A family from San Bruno that was traveling on Highway 101 in Sonoma County got into a single-car accident. There were four people in the car. Two people were seriously hurt, one person suffered minor injuries, and the driver of the car was not hurt. The injured were taken to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries. According to the CHP, the Ford was traveling in the No. 1 lane...

• Robertson County Highway Crash Kills Four

  Shannon Weidemann | September 04, 2007 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A van and a tow truck were driving towards each other on Texas 6 in Robertson County when they collided. Four people were killed and two were hurt in the car accident. The Department of Public Safety said the accident occurred as the van attempted to pass an 18-wheeler in a no-passing zone on Texas 6 near Hammond. The drivers of the van and the tow truck took evasive action but both swerved...

• San Antonio Car Accident Kills Two

  Shannon Weidemann | August 28, 2007 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A car accident in San Antonio has left two people dead and two others injured. The accident happened on Saturday morning on Loop 1604 at Bandera Road. A woman driving a Toyota was killed. The injured were taken to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries. Estrada said the man was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck westbound on Loop 1604 and crossed the grass median into oncoming...

• Progressive CEO Apologizes for Spying

  Beth Janicek | August 27, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Progressive's CEO, Glenn Renwick apologized for Progressive's use of private investigators against a couple suing them regarding a 2004 car wreck. The private investigators went undercover and joined the couple's Atlanta church group to find out damaging information about them. The detectives became a part of a private support group that discussed abortions, sexual orientation and drug...

• San Antonio Car Accident Kills Woman

  Shannon Weidemann | August 20, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A car accident on FM 78 has left a 59-year-old woman dead. She was driving to San Antonio when the accident occurred. The police believe there may have been a medical problem that caused the car accident. Witnesses said the woman in a small, red car was headed toward San Antonio on FM 78 when she drifted into oncoming traffic, sideswiped two vehicles and then collided head-on with a dump...

• Drunk Driver Kills Three in McCarty

  Shannon Weidemann | August 13, 2007 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A man with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit caused a car accident that killed 3 people. The accident happened in McCarty on Interstate 10 Saturday night. The gas tank of the victims' westbound 2007 Toyota Corolla burst into flames after being rear-ended by a 1993 Dodge Ram van just east of McCarty about 8:30 p.m., killing a man, a woman and a male child. Their identities...

• Lufkin Woman Dies in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 06, 2007 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A 25-year-old student and waitress from Lufkin died in a single car accident on Thursday. The car accident happened near Jacksonville. No one else was injured in the accident. The victim, a student at Angelina College by day and a bartender at Jimmy's Too by night, was killed after she lost control of her four-door Kia while rounding a sharp curve on U.S. Highway 69, according to report...

• Bicyclist Dies in Corpus Christi Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | July 30, 2007 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A competitive bike rider was killed when he collided with a pickup truck in Corpus Christi early yesterday morning. The bicycle and car accident happened at the intersection of Up River Road and the service drive of Interstate 37. The bike rider went through a stop sign just before the accident.Officers said he was coming down the ramp so fast that the driver of the truck just didn't have any...

• Girl Blind After Being Hit By A Drunk Driver

  Beth Janicek | July 20, 2007 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  On the night of the San Antonio Spurs championship, a little girl was hit by an accused drunk driver and is now blind in one eye. Teresa Alvarez and her daughter were celebrating on the sidewalk off Culebra Road when a car hopped the curb and struck both Ms. Alvarez and her daughter. Teresa's right leg was torn apart and she had a broken jaw. Her daughter, Brianna, has broken bones all over her...