DALLAS, TX – A big rig driver was trying to avoid an initial crash at the I-20 and Highway 310 connector and swerved off the road, ending in a fiery truck collision that killed the motorist Sunday. At around 1:30 a.m., the truck driver crashed into a guardrail and then landed on a trailer below […]
DONNA, TX – A truck driver lost control of his vehicle, leading him to drift off Val Verde Road and hit several utility poles, injuring himself and his 6-year-old son Friday. Donna Police told FOX TV that the occupants were treated on the scene for minor wounds. Crews had to close Val Verde between Interstate […]
LA PORTE, TX – A hazmat truck jackknifed on SH 146 North, prompting local Office of Emergency Management (OEM) crews to close some lanes for several hours Tuesday. Officials told ABC13 News that the impact led the cab to lean on the median barrier partially. Due to the nature of the wreck, crews needed to […]
BROWN COUNTY, TX – A 68-year-old man was said to have been speeding while driving his semi-truck on a wet FM 45 Road, which led to a rollover crash that claimed his life Monday. Abilene Reporter-News said the solo collision happened before 7:45 a.m. Prior to the 2016 Peterbilt 389 truck overturning, the driver, Aldo […]
BRYAN, TX – A driver of a white trash truck was left with life-threatening wounds after drifting off Highway 6 and crashing into a tree Friday, FOX44 News reports. This collision happened before 3:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes between Sadberry and Spur 231. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Robertson County Sheriff’s […]
NEAR HAPPY VALLEY, TX – A three-vehicle collision on a Thursday foggy morning took the life of a semi-truck driver and injured a family inside a car. The Texas Department of Public Safety told Big County Home that the crash happened when the big rig driver hit a dump truck at the intersection of Highway […]
NEAR PAYNE SPRINGS, TX – Two people were transported to a hospital following a United States Postal Service mail truck and motorcycle collision on Clear Creek Road Sunday. The crash occurred after 4 p.m. and warranted a response from Payne Springs Fire Rescue and EMS crews, according to KETK. EMS crews treated the wounded occupants […]
NEAR BEAUMONT, TX – A tow truck driver was allegedly speeding when he rear-ended a Mack trash truck on U.S. Highway 90, which resulted in his death and injured two others. The collision happened around noon Tuesday on the eastbound lanes in the outskirts of Beaumont, 12News Now reports. The tow truck driver was operating […]
CLEVELAND, TX – A 2,800 pound tanker truck overturned, causing the tank to rupture and transmit sulfur dioxide into the air, which affected 80 homes and claimed the life of its driver. The wreck happened on Friday on FM-125, ABC 13 indicated in a report. Authorities pronounced the driver dead at the scene, and identified […]
MIDLAND, TX – A 26-year-old man driving a 2021 Ram 2500 pickup truck died after rear-ending a 1996 Freightliner semi-truck on State Highway 158 Tuesday. YourBasin said that this collision happened before 6:45 a.m. near East County Road 160. The Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the scene. They said the truck driver was […]