Authorities have not yet released the identity of the victim. League City police listed "driver inattention" as a factor in the crash, later saying that they believed the 48-year-old driver probably hadn't seen Taylor in the predawn darkness. Felix Marcelino Vega, 37, was charged with intoxication manslaughter for allegedly causing a crash that left a 10-year-old dead Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Houston's economy has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation, as well as leading in health care sectors and building oilfield equipment. In 11 crashes, at least one person would die. A middle aged woman dies after we tried to save her. 1 of 6. The car crashed into the dead-end barrier wall, the impact forcing it over the edge of the wall. The driver has not been charged with any crime; according to prosecutors, the case is still being investigated. Tuesday, 11:43 p.m.: In Conroe, just a few minutes before midnight, James Martinez lost control of his Nissan Maxima on Crighton Road and smashed into a tree, tearing the car in half and wrapping around it. Bhavnagar:At least 26 people of a wedding party were killed when their truck fell into a pit from a bridge near Randhora village in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district this morning, the police said.… Ajay Choudhary, the station house officer of Kasna police station, said the Honda City lost control and hit the Tata 407 from behind. At the intersection of Hammerly Boulevard, the driver pulled into the turn lane and turned left. In 40 of those incidents, someone would be seriously injured. Family searching for driver who hit and killed 89-year-old. HOUSTON — Houston police say Friday's horrific, double-fatal crash on the 610 South Loop was preceded by a minor crash involving a small car and pickup. HOUSTON – A mother suspected of driving while intoxicated was charged after her 3-year-old son died in a car wreck Saturday morning when she crashed into a guardrail in south Houston, police say. "I wish that last day I could have hugged him as hard as I could and told him 'I love you,' " she said, choking up as she spoke. ... At least 6 killed on Houston roads in a 24-hour period. The crash snarled traffic for hours. A Conroe police officer said speeding may have been a factor in the crash. St. John Barned-Smith joined the Houston Chronicle in 2014 and covers public safety and major disasters. The family of … Tell us your storyHave a story about a dangerous speeder, a drunk driver, or an accident you witnessed? He has worked on two teams named Pulitzer finalists in recent years – for covering Hurricane Harvey and for helping show how Texas unlawfully denied education services to children with special needs. A Houston police officer who responded to the wreck attributed the crash to Alas' failure to control speed on the road — which has a speed limit of 65 mph — though it's not clear how fast Alas was going. According to Houston police, Venson Blackmon was riding with his wife in their white Chevrolet Silverado pickup and failed to yield the right of way to a black Chevy Camaro at the intersection. An Update from Our Firm about COVID-19. In a crash report, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Nicholas Phillips attributed the crash to unsafe speed and noted that Gerke had amphetamines and methamphetamines in his system as well as a small amount of alcohol. HOUSTON, TX – A woman died in a crash in southeast Houston on Monday morning, according to Click2Houston. In the following two months, crashes killed at least 74 more. This photo provided by Miranda Thompson shows the scene where several motorcycles and a pickup truck collided on a rural, two-lane highway Friday, June 21, 2019 in Randolph, N.H. The crash … The pickup slammed into the Prius, then flipped off the ramp and hit Taylor, killing him. A copy of his autopsy shows his blood-alcohol content was between three and four times the legal limit. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the accident occurred on FM 2663, which is located off US Highway 287, one mile south of Latexo at 8:29 a.m. A Success woman was seriously injured at about 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in a Highway 17 accident, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. "It was just by the grace of God it didn't blow up," said Thomas Gilliland, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Tuesday, June 12, 1:55 p.m.: It would be two full days before the next fatal crash, this one in north Harris County. Houston Named after Sam Houston, president of the former Republic of Texas, Houston is the most populous city in Texas with a census-estimated 2014 population of 2.239 million people. This just happened an hour ago. 1 Critically Injured in Victoria Motorcycle Accident on Houston Highway. A four-year old girl, who was struck by a car Monday afternoon in Washington County, has died at a Houston Hospital. The southbound truck bounced across the grassy median, barreling down the access road and sparking a pileup involving more than 10 vehicles. Two of the vehicle's passengers, Ronald and Kimberly Willhide, ages 71 and 68, died in the crash. (Godofredo A. Vasquez | Houston Chronicle), Houston's roads, drivers are country's most deadly, These perilous Houston intersections have speedy drivers, design quirks and lots of crashes, unlawfully denied education services to children with special needs. A Bucyrus man is charged with DWI following an accident Sunday morning about two miles north of Houston on Highway 17. Nanyuki mother with two degrees stops kids from schooling All News [ February 1, 2021 ] New rules by government frustrates thousands of Kenyans seeking jobs in Middle East All News So we set out in early June to learn more about why driving in Houston is so deadly, reporting on each fatal accident for a week. Paramedics rushed Blackmon to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The crash was the first fatality in a typical week on the streets across the nine-county region surrounding Houston. Wednesday, June 13, 6:12 a.m.: As the sun rose Wednesday morning, John Suggs III, 60, drove off FM 521 in Brazoria County, about 50 miles southwest of downtown Houston. First responders managed to extricate and save an 18-year-old female passenger who was injured, but not seriously. The week turned out to be utterly average: 12 people died in the grisly maw of commuting, distracted driving and collisions with tow trucks and other vehicles. The Bus was carrying about 43 passengers. Gerke lost control of his silver Nissan Frontier on a bend near Landry Lane, sliding off the south side of the road. SubscribeThe Houston Chronicle is dedicated to serving the public interest with fact-based journalism. Stephany Diana Alas, Alas' 20-year-old daughter, said she was told that her father was texting at the time of the crash and that he had been drinking beforehand. HOUSTON – A man is dead after an accident in north Houston Wednesday.. A man riding a motorcycle died after an accident involving another … Reports say she was chasing her husband by car at the time of the crash… Traffic is delayed on State Highway 249 southbound on Tomball Parkway and Spring Cypress Road because of an accident involving about a dozen vehicles. In some cases, they would rush them to local hospitals. The number of casualties increased after … "And 'be careful and be safe.' Sgt. Witnesses said Nelson had sped past them, weaving between the edge of the road and the center stripe. By the end of the seven-day stretch beginning June 8, drivers would crash at least 2,777 times, according to state traffic records. Ambulance crews took the 11-year-old, Alexander Lee Mendiola, and the other children to Memorial Hermann Hospital, but weren't able to save the young boy. Orozco wasn't wearing his seat belt and died from the crash's impact. Troopers could smell alcohol emanating from the pickup, according to a DPS trooper who investigated the crash. Share your story using this form. Friday, 5:30 p.m.: The same day Nelson died, Brendan Tyler Belt of Winnie was driving north on a strip of rural highway in Chambers County. Drivers, nearly all men, would crash on city streets and highways, on small county roads and along the region's hundreds of miles of parkways. Martinez, 27, died at the scene of the crash. Other times, it was too late: Other drivers would inch to a standstill, gawking at the mayhem, wasting time and fuel as traffic stalled for hours. He was 18. Show your support for our journalism at HoustonChronicle.com/subscribe. Belt drifted off the right side of the two-lane road, then overcorrected, veering west across the pavement off the road. This video is part 1, showing the aftermath and damage, but not graphic (part 2 the woman is seen lying on the ground.) Follow him on Twitter or email tips to st.john.smith@chron.com. Victims included an 11-year-old boy, a standout high school baseball player and a 71-year-old travel enthusiast. She crashed into a tree and was killed instantly. For an "unknown reason," Nelson, 63, slammed into the back of a stopped car that was waiting in the main lane to turn left onto a small private road, according to a Liberty County sheriff's deputy. This was filmed on Gulf Freeway South (45 South), Houston TX at approximately 2:55am on 1/20/2018 Families and loved ones of the 12 victims would gather in churches and living rooms and roadside vigils to search for answers and mourn lives snuffed out too early, victims of drivers traveling too quickly, too carelessly, or impaired by one too many drinks. The impact killed Nelson instantly; the driver of the vehicle he hit was not injured. Taylor's father wonders if the driver fell asleep or wasn't paying attention. Godofredo A. Vasquez is a staff photographer for the Houston Chronicle, primarily covering breaking news. "There were cars everywhere.". Saturday, 4:59 a.m.: Thirty-five miles southeast, Paul Taylor Jr. was driving home early in the morning when he spotted a disabled Toyota Prius parked on the outside lane of FM 646, a major four-lane road cutting through Dickinson and League City. The two other children survived. A man died Saturday after a car accident in north Houston, according to the Houston … Willhide said his brother and sister-in-law were due to return to Arizona weeks later. Both drivers also were taken to the hospital but survived, police said. Saturday, 11:30 a.m.: As the sun rose over southeast Texas, the roads quieted for more than six hours. Oct. 19, 2019 Updated: Oct. 19, 2019 10:23 a.m. Facebook Twitter Email. "It's like murder," said Paul Taylor Sr. of League City, whose son was killed by an inattentive driver on June 9. Update 11/17/2015 at 4:30 p.m.: HISD has announced that all new school buses purchased by the district will have three-point seat belts, effective immediately. Police said that a 19-year old man was killed at about 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night (November 2, 2014) after his motorcycle was in a wreck. "I have so many unanswered questions.". Friday, 10 p.m.: Four-and-a-half hours later, a man in a black Ford F-150 in northwest Houston, headed north on Wirt, a major, four-lane road with medians and turn lanes bisecting a swath of northwest Houston suburbia. The seven-day stretch from June 8 to June 14 was chosen to encompass a full weekend and an average week that did not have any holidays that might affect traffic patterns. Published: 10 April, 2018 17:23 IST | mid-day online desk | Ranchi The woman was driving her vehicle near Gulf Freeway and Telephone Road when she, for unknown reasons, lost control of her car. A Houston woman is dead after crashing into another vehicle head-on in an automobile accident. A Harris County sheriff's deputy who investigated the crash attributed it to Orozco's failing to drive in a single lane. She wonders why her father, a professional driver who texted photos from far-off assignments, would have driven impaired and possibly distracted. If 2018 is typical, expect a couple hundred more by year's end. Ludivina Acevedo died in the single-vehicle crash, which occurred about 8:20 a.m. in the 500 block of Atascocita in the Humble area, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident in southeast Houston. It happened this afternoon in the 8600 block of Winkler near the Gulf Freeway. That mission has never been more important. Bradley James Nelson was riding his yellow BMW motorcycle north on FM 1413, a quiet two-lane country road east of Houston in Liberty County. Before joining the Chronicle in early 2017, Godofredo spent two years working for the Corvallis Gazette-Times and the Albany Democrat-Herald in Oregon. Deadly hit-and-run crash shuts down Southwest Freeway. Sunday, June 10, 6:30 a.m.: Eleven hours later, Julian Orozco crashed his Mitsubishi Eclipse in north Houston. According to police, he failed to yield at the intersection's flashing yellow signal and slammed headfirst into a southbound silver Honda Civic carrying five people, including three children aged 11, 6 and 4. Saturday, 7:34 p.m.: Dustin Gerke, 17, sped along FM 1484, a rural two-lane road north of Conroe in Montgomery County with a speed limit of 55 mph. 2 drivers killed in wrong-way crash on North Beltway HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Two people were killed in a wrong-way crash overnight at the North Beltway and Veterans Memorial. Visit the post for more. Suggs, who had been traveling west, veered into a ditch, where his silver Toyota Tundra flipped over, smashing into a culvert and a tree, killing him. October 30, 2017 By KRMS Newsroom Leave a Comment A 20-year old from Tuscumbia faces charges after a one-car accident early Sunday in Cole County. ". Orozco, 21, was traveling west on East Mount Houston Road and veered into a ditch, striking a concrete culvert. [ February 1, 2021 ] BREAKING: Former Minister Simeon Nyachae is dead All News [ February 1, 2021 ] Education is satanic! Wednesday, 3:45 p.m.: The last fatal crash of the seven-day period came in northwest Houston when two vehicles crashed at the intersection of Wheatley and Wilburforce. There, it hung precariously over traffic zooming on the highway 21.7 feet below. Alas died at the scene. Want to weigh in on the design of Houston's roads, or a driver who just wouldn't stop texting? The motorcyclist was transported to Citizens … The vehicle driven by Kendra Vaughan went off the road and hit a concrete traffic barrier. Charles Brittle September 8, 2020. Ahead of him, a wrecker driver had arrived at a crash scene, parking sideways across the toll road's middle lanes to shield the area from oncoming traffic. OUT OF CONTROL: Houston's roads, drivers are country's most deadly. The truck driver and father of four apparently did not see the wrecker's emergency lights and slammed into the truck. REPORT THE PROBLEM: Want to see Houston drivers slow down? 0. Three persons have died in a fatal accident involving a VVIP bus with registration number GL 527-14 at Amanase near the Suhum stretch of the Accra to Kumasi highway. The VW's driver appeared unaware of the off-ramp's abrupt end into a T-shaped perpendicular intersection leading off the highway, however, and slammed on his brakes only a few feet from the concrete wall. According to the Department of Public Safety, Liberty Kathleen Corby died at Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston, where she was flown to after the accident in the 800 block of North Berlin Rd., shortly after 3:00 Monday afternoon. 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Authorities investigate the scene of single-vehicle crash, where two people died, on the Interstate 69 HOV off-ramp near Townsen Boulevard Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Humble, Texas. Firefighters, police officers and paramedics hurried to crash scenes, prying victims out of mangled cars, desperately working to save lives. Victoria, Texas (October 20, 2019) – A motorcyclist was critically injured early Saturday morning in a traffic collision in Victoria, according to a local news release. A huge accident occurred, involving several vehicles. WORST ROADS: These perilous Houston intersections have speedy drivers, design quirks and lots of crashes. (Courtesy Metro Video). And he wonders why, two months after the crash, police have yet to arrest the man who caused his son's death. 6. Somehow, everyone survived. Comments. The 26-year-old wrecker driver flipped on his emergency lights and pulled over. The accident occurred around 4 pm and the spot was two kilometres away from Pari Chowk. As Taylor was loading the disabled vehicle onto his truck, a man driving a black pickup careened up the lowered tow ramp. On average, 640 people die on Houston-area roads every year, making the region, by almost any measure, the most deadly major metro area in the country in which to drive, a Chronicle analysis reveals. The sheriff's office said the driver might have had a stroke or that another medical event caused the crash. Russell Willhide said his brother and sister-in-law had recently retired and were traveling the slow way back to Arizona from the East Coast, after stops in the Carolinas and New Orleans. Harris County investigators say the wreck happened at about 2:30 a.m. when a man driving a pickup truck slammed into a Honda Fit, a Toyota and a motorcycle in the westbound lanes of Imperial Valley and FM 1960. The crash happened near McDonald’s, 2701 Houston Highway, and across the street from Citizens Medical Center. by KHON2 Web Staff / Oct 17, 2020 HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Police are investigating two suspected game rooms in the Kakaako area. Most information about the wreck, including the cause and the presence of any injuries, is not available at this time. Galveston County Sheriff's deputies investigate a single-vehicle crash on the northbound lanes of Interstate 45, near State Highway 146 Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Hitchcock, Texas. Houston, TX -- Over the weekend, there was a deadly accident between a motorcycle and a Chevy HHR that claimed one young man's life. The vehicle's driver — a childhood friend of Ronald's — was seriously injured and flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital, according to a crash report and Willhide's brother, Russell. A white Volkswagen Beetle driving on Interstate 69's high-occupancy vehicle lane took the road's elevated exit ramp 20 miles northeast of downtown. Car & Truck Accidents. in Photojournalism. According to a crash report, Gerke drove back onto the road, where his pickup skidded and rolled several times before finally coming to rest, upright, facing north.

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