ODESSA, TX – A semi-truck jackknifed after colliding with a train along the train tracks in the area of I-20 and South County Road 1250 Monday. The trailer, which was split in half, sustained major damage, which included a significant dent, according to First Alert 7. Upon arrival, Texas Department of Public Safety and other […]
CHILTON, TX – An 86-year-old woman driving a Buick and her passenger died when they collided with a semi-trailer while turning left onto SH-7 from FM-935 Monday. This collision happened around 4 p.m., KWTX said. Upon arrival, Texas Department of Public Safety declared the 86-year-old woman, later identified as Eugenio Hernandez, from Victoria, dead at […]
HARLINGEN, TX – A 23-year-old man driving a Kia failed to maintain a lane, causing him to crash head-on with a trash truck and the truck to catch fire and claim his life last Tuesday. This collision happened before 9 a.m. on FM 801, up the road from Murrow Road, MYRGV reports. Preliminary details from […]
JEFFERSON COUNTY, TX – Authorities responded to a collision Wednesday in Nederland that left a dump truck dangling over the ledge of a highway overpass, according to 12 News. The incident took place on U.S. Highway 96, leaving all northbound lanes between Helena and Nederland avenues blocked. It remains unclear at this time what led […]
NEAR REFUGIO, TX – A 31-year-old man driving a 2018 Nissan box truck did not reduce his speed, which led him to rear-end a semi trailer on U.S. 77 Tuesday. This collision happened around 2:30 a.m. in an outside southbound lane, KIIITV reports. Just prior the driver of the semi was involved in a crash […]
AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Police Department is investigating the details behind a semi-truck crash on I-35 that caused metal poles to fall on the roadway Friday. According to KXAN, this collision happened after 5 p.m. on the interstate’s southbound lanes and along West Parmer Lane. Crews and first responders shut down the area and […]
SHERMAN, TX – A driver of a big rig plowed into a jersey barrier on the 3600th block of U.S. 75, causing significant front-end damage to the vehicle and major delays Monday. This collision happened adjacent to FM-1417 and resulted in traffic delays on the southbound and northbound lanes, according to KXII. At this time, […]
FORT WORTH, TX – One person had struck a vehicle on I-20 West, leading to a chain-reaction and multi-vehicle wreck with a semi-truck that claimed one life Tuesday. MyTexasDaily said that just before 7:45 a.m. (near Hemphill Street), the driver of the semi-truck had reduced their speed. One of the drivers did not slow down […]
BRAZORIA COUNTY, TX – First responders and crews had to shut down the SH-88 South near the Iowa Colony area for several hours Friday due to a jackknifed semi-wreck. The closure and crash was announced after 7 a.m. and occurred along the Meridiana Parkway (also known as County Road 57), according to KHOU. Officials reopened […]
NEAR CANTON, TX – One tractor-trailer driver was airlifted to a hospital in Tyler following a three big-rig wreck on I-20 West Saturday, according to local reports. Elmo fire crews had to extricate the driver prior to medical helicopter personnel taking them to the emergency room. Crews and other first responders closed all of the […]