GARLAND, TX—Alcohol was a suspected factor in two recent MVA collisions in Van Alstyne, which is about 18 miles north of McKinney, and borders Collin and Grayson County.
Both auto crashes occurred Monday night, February 1, between 7:00 and 10:00 pm. The first accident happened on US Highway 75 when a Ford Explorer traveling south in a northbound lane slammed into a Toyota Camry. Although both drivers were sent to Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman, according to police, their bodily injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
In a separate motor vehicle accident, Bobbi Lalonde, 44, of Denison, was driving south in the northbound lane of US Highway 75 near Farmington when the second wreck occurred just after 9 p.m. The victim, a Garland resident, was killed. A Van Alstyne police spokeswoman said Lalonde was booked into the Grayson County Jail on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter.
Our Garland personal injury law firm offers free initial legal consultations. If you have been injured in a DWI accident, you should contact a Garland personal injury lawyer immediately to help you determine what insurance coverage is in place to cover your medical expenses and lost wages. We want to help you protect your legal rights. Call Texas Personal Injury Lawyer Kristopher Barber at (972) 231-5800 or click here to contact us by email.
Dallas, TX — Two or more people were killed this morning in a multiple car collision on westbound LBJ Freeway near the High Five interchange on the border of Richardson and Dallas, Texas. Several others were injured, including a child, in the car accident, which occurred just east of Central Expressway (Hwy 75).
The crash occurred about 4:40 a.m. this morning when a motor vehicle collided with two other vehicles. Information on the victims and the cause of the wreck has not yet been released.
Regrettably, fatal accidents like these happen all too often in our local communities like Dallas and Richardson, TX. Some are the result of DWI or DUI. Many cause serious injuries and even deaths. If you have been involved in an auto accident in Plano, Richardson, or Dallas, Texas or a nearby area, a local, experienced personal injury attorney can help you.
Our personal injury law firm offers free initial legal consultations on personal injury cases. If you have been injured, you should contact a Plano, Texas personal injury lawyer immediately to help you determine what insurance coverage is in place to cover your medical expenses and lost wages, and so that you can take steps to protect your legal rights. Call Plano Personal Injury Lawyer Kristopher Barber at (972) 231-5800 for more information or click here to contact us by email.
Arlington, TX — Slippery roads caused by rain are suspected to be the cause of a one-car accident in Arlington that left one man dead and his female passenger injured.
Arlington police were called to the scene at approximately 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, November 15, on Interstate 20 near Green Oaks Boulevard. Apparently, the driver’s car veered off the highway and hit a guardrail.
Tragically, fatal traffic accidents like these happen often in our local communities. This same weekend, a toddler was also killed in Oak Cliff when he was run over by a family member driving an SUV. In West Oak Cliff, a 16-month-old boy who was not restrained in a child seat died from injuries sustained in a rear-end collision. In addition, a crash on Jim Miller Road in Pleasant Grove claimed the life of a 37-year-old man while two motorcycle wrecks in Dallas, TX were responsible for the death of two others.
Regardless of the cause, if you have been involved in an auto accident in Mesquite or a nearby area, a local, experienced personal injury attorney can help you.
Our Dallas personal injury law firm offers free initial legal consultations on personal injury cases. If you have been injured, you should contact a Mesquite, Texas personal injury lawyer immediately to help you determine what insurance coverage is in place to cover your medical expenses and lost wages, and so that you can take steps to protect your legal rights. Call Texas Personal Injury Lawyer Kristopher Barber at (972) 231-5800 or click here to contact us by email.
PLANO, TX — Plano police spokesman Rick McDonald explains that there were no witnesses to the accident that left two people dead in the wake of a crash that occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, October 10.
The two male victims were found inside a 2000 Plymouth that had struck a concrete block which served as the base of a light pole. “It appears they were driving northbound in a right hand turn lane, and they failed to change lanes at Highland Drive,” McDonald said. The single car accident occurred in the 2500 block of Preston Road.
The driver, identified as 20-year old Perfecto Sarinana-Ayala, was a resident of Frisco Texas. At the time of the report, the passenger’s identity was pending until the man’s next of kin could be notified. While McDonald explained that the cause of the accident is still under investigation, Plano police believe that alcohol and excessive speed contributed to the weekend crash.
Sadly, fatal accidents like these happen often in local communities like Plano. Some are the result of DWI or DUI. Many cause serious injuries and even death. If you have been involved in an auto accident in Plano or a nearby area, a local, experienced personal injury attorney can help you.
Our personal injury law firm offers free initial legal consultations on personal injury cases. If you have been injured, you should contact a Plano, Texas personal injury lawyer immediately to help you determine what insurance coverage is in place to cover your medical expenses and lost wages, and so that you can take steps to protect your legal rights. Call Texas Personal Injury Lawyer Kristopher Barber at (972) 231-5800 for more information or click here to contact us by email.
FAIRVIEW, TX — Poor visibility due to dense fog was blamed for a major accident on U.S. 75 that resulted in a jackknifed Con-way Freight tandem trailer.
Despite message boards and warning signs posted ahead of the construction zone at the Highway 121 interchange, reaction time is greatly reduced when weather conditions limit visibility say Fairview police.
This was the reason given by the driver of the tractor trailer 18-wheeler who stated that dense fog kept him from seeing construction barriers until the last second. In an attempt to avoid the barriers, the driver over-corrected, and the truck jackknifed.
Police said say they hope the North Texas Tollway Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation will add lighting and signage that could help prevent another wreck.
Despite the disruption to traffic on this portion of U.S. Hwy 75 near Allen, TX for more than seven hours, the driver escaped without injury, and no other vehicles were involved. Unfortunately, this is not usually the case. Poor weather and resulting road conditions are a major cause of automobile accidents and truck accidents that cause serious injury or death.
If you have been involved in a car accident in Fairview, Allen, or McKinney, a local, experienced personal injury attorney can help you. Our Accident law firm offers free consultations on personal injury cases. If you or someone you know has been injured, you should contact an Allen personal injury lawyer immediately so that you will know your rights and can determine what insurance coverage may be in place to cover your damages. Call our office at (972) 231-5800 or click here to contact us by email.
Parents with kids under 8 years of age may need to pull out their child’s old car booster seat or buy a new one, if a new bill on child safety seat rules passes in Texas.
Currently, only children under 5 years old and shorter than 36 inches are required to be in child safety restraints, but most children outgrow the height requirement by the time they are 3 years old.
Texas Senate Bill 61 would raise the requirement to include children under 8 years old or 4 feet 9 inches. (That height requirement matches the NTSB safety recommendations.)
For a listing of safety seat recommendations for children, the American Academy of Pediatrics has a great online guide. Prices for boosters, unlike more expensive car seats, tend to sell for $40 or less.
In car accidents, children ages four to eight years restrained by an adult seat belt are more likely to suffer severe head, spinal cord, and internal organ injuries than those in booster seats. Booster seats reduce the risk of these injuries by 59 percent, according to the experts.
The new law is intended to reduce personal injuries from car accidents like the one that killed 6 year-old Molly Cieminski in McKinney, Texas.
Unfortunately, despite ever-improving safety measures, auto accidents happen every day in our local communities such as McKinney, Plano, and Richardson, Texas. Many cause serious injuries and even death. If you have been involved in an automobile accident in McKinney, Texas, Plano, Texas, or Richardson, Texas, or the surrounding areas, an experienced-local injury attorney can help you.
Our Personal Injury law firm offers free initial legal consultations on accident and injury cases. If you have been injured, you should contact a Texas personal injury lawyer immediately so that you will know what insurance coverage is in place and so that you can take steps to protect your legal rights.
Part 3 of CNN’s report concludes their investigation of the insurance industry’s practices and poor treatment of auto accident victims.
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Here is Part 2 of the CNN report on the auto insurance industry. With all of the major insurance companies constantly marketing how well they treat people, it is refreshing to see a media outlet report the truth regarding the manner in which most personal injury victims are really treated by insurance companies.
People who have been injured through the negligence of another should immediately contact a personal injury lawyer to protect their legal rights. We offer free legal consultations on all personal injury cases.
This is Part 1 of a CNN investigative report (courtesy of You Tube). It explains why personal injury victims need an effective and experienced personal injury attorney who is not afraid to take the case to trial if that is what it takes to maximize the recovery from the insurance company.
I offer free initial legal consultations on personal injury cases. If you have been injured, you should immediately contact a personal injury lawyer so that you will know what insurance coverage is in place to cover your medical expenses and lost wages, and you can take steps to protect your legal rights.
Millions of Americans suffer brain injuries each year and thousands are left permanently disabled. The disabilities can range from physical, to cognitive, behavioral, and/or emotional in nature.
There are two primary categories of brain injuries. Both can have permanent and devastating affects, and they can even lead to death.
When there is an external blow to the head, traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result. These injuries are sometimes also referred to as “closed head injuries.” A few of the common causes of TBIs are: auto accidents; explosions; defective product accidents; firearm accidents; premises liability accidents; and on-the-job accidents.
There are three levels of TBIs: mild, moderate, and severe. A mild traumatic brain injury is a brief loss of consciousness with little or no consequences. A moderate traumatic brain injury involves loss of consciousness that lasts from a few minutes to a few hours, with the resulting impairment of motor skills ranging from several weeks to permanent. A severe traumatic brain injury is characterized by an extended unconscious state or coma (this may range from days to years) and significant impairment.
When an injury to the brain occurs from a disruption in oxygen flow, it is referred to as an acquired brain injury (ABI). ABIs often result from: stroke; aneurysm; heart attack; blood clot; tumors; infectious disease; airway obstruction; crushing injuries to the chest; and meningitis. Additionally, reckless conduct on the part of another party, including medical malpractice and medical negligence, can cause ABIs. ABIs can affect reasoning skills and cognitive thought, may cause lapses in memory and reduced physical and mental abilities, and may impair significant body functions.
