The Kipness Law Firm, P.C

Date: August 5 , 2011, 08-05-2011

Location: Remington Park Lane @ FM 2449, Ponder, Denton County, Texas

Type: Motorcycle/Car accident, Head On Collision

Outcome: Motorcyle Driver Killed.

Police are still investigating the accident but revealed a motorcycle driver was killed in a head-on collision with a car that occurred around 9:00 am  on Remington Park Lane and FM 2449.  

 The police report will reveal the causes of the accident.

2009 State of Texas Car Accident Statistics:

Wrongful death car accidents: 3089

Rural area death car accidents: 1685

Single vehicle car accidents deaths: 1227

Intersection car accident deaths: 696

Head on car accident deaths: 505

DWI Drunk driver car accident deaths: 956

Serious personal injury car accidents: 80,640

People injured in car accidents: 235,280

Motorcylist death accidents: 432 (60% no helmet use)

Pedestrian death accidents: 347

Bicycle death accidents: 49

Denton County, Texas Accident Statistics

Wrongful death: 32

Serious Injury Accidents: 1094

Drunk Driving Accidents: 689

A car accident can involve another car, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcyle. It can occur due to road hazards. These auto accidents can cause property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death. Beside cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, semi-trucks, vans, trains, delivery trucks can cause car accidents.

Frequent causes of car accidents are: DWI drunk driving, cell phone or texting during driving, speed, road design, improper turns.

If your or a family member or friend have been injured or killed in a motorcycle accident in Texas, Dallas car accident lawyers Kipness Law Firm, P.C. can help you deal with auto insurance companies. This includes people involved in motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, DWI drunk driver accidents.

Injuries from motorcycle accidents must be brought two years from date of accident.

Date: August 4 , 2011, 08-04-2011

Location: US 259, Longview, Gregg County, Texas

Type: 18 Wheeler Tractor-Trailer/Car accident, T-bone broadside accident

Outcome: Driver Killed.

Larry Seymore, 68, was pronounced dead at the accident scene.  Seymore was driving his Toyota Tundra south on US 259 when he t-boned a Freightliner 18 Wheeler Tractor Trailer.  The truck driver was Jose Peralcea.  The 18 wheeler was attempted to cross into the northbound lanes when Seymour’s truck  went under the trailer.  Seymore was on his way to work at EOG Resources.

We see two potential causes of this accident and injuries. This type of accident is known as an under carriage accident.  Possible causes could be the deceased was speeding and the 18 wheeler tractor-trailer failed to yield to the right of way of the deceased and had driver inattention.  The police report was reveal the causes.

2009 State of Texas Car Accident Statistics:

Wrongful death car accidents: 3089

Rural area death car accidents: 1685

Single vehicle car accidents deaths: 1227

Intersection car accident deaths: 696

Head on car accident deaths: 505

DWI Drunk driver car accident deaths: 956

Serious personal injury car accidents: 80,640

People injured in car accidents: 235,280

Motorcylist death accidents: 432 (60% no helmet use)

Pedestrian death accidents: 347

Bicycle death accidents: 49

Longview & Gregg County, Texas Accident Statistics

Wrongful death: 15

A car accident can involve another car, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcyle. It can occur due to road hazards. These auto accidents can cause property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death. Beside cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, semi-trucks, vans, trains, delivery trucks can cause car accidents.

Frequent causes of car accidents are: DWI drunk driving, cell phone or texting during driving, speed, road design, improper turns.

If your or a family member or friend have been injured in a car accident in Texas, Dallas car accident lawyers Kipness Law Firm, P.C. can help you deal with auto insurance companies. This includes people involved in motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, DWI drunk driver accidents.

Injuries from auto accidents must be brought two years from date of accident.

Date: August 4 , 2011, 08-04-2011

Location: I-30, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Type: 18 wheeler tractor trailer truck accident,  guardrail head on collision

Outcome: One killed; Driver injured

A thirteen (13) year old boy from McKinney, Texas was killed in a 18 wheeler accident in Fort Worth, Texas. The teenager’s father was driving the 18 wheeler tractor trailer truck.   The teenager’s name is Hector Hernandez and was asleep in the sleeper portion of the truck and died at the accident scene.   The driver was eastbound at 7400 I-30 and for unknown reasons allowed the 18 wheeler truck to drift to the right, hit a guard rail and smash into a bridge support.  This portion of I-30 is closed until Friday night due to road construction repairs from the accident.

We see two potential causes of this accident.  It is possible the driver had fatigue and the child was not in a child booster seat or using a seat-belt.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act (FMCSA)  rules forbid driving an 18 wheeler tractor-trailer truck more than 11 hours or to drive after having been on-duty for 14 hours. The 3-hour difference allows drivers to take care of non-driving working duties such as loading and unloading cargo.    After completing a 11- to 14-hour on-duty period, the driver must be allowed 10 hours off-duty.

Once children outgrow their booster seat (usually at 4′9″, 100 pounds) they can use the adult safety belt if it fits them properly.
Lap portion low over the hips/tops of thighs and shoulder belt crosses the center of the shoulder and center of the chest.

Although the deceased is a child of the driver, he still may pursue a negligent driving claim against his father, his employer, or owner/operator of the tractor-trailer.

2009 State of Texas Car Accident Statistics:

Wrongful death car accidents: 3089

Rural area death car accidents: 1685

Single vehicle car accidents deaths: 1227

Intersection car accident deaths: 696

Head on car accident deaths: 505

DWI Drunk driver car accident deaths: 956

Serious personal injury car accidents: 80,640

People injured in car accidents: 235,280

Motorcylist death accidents: 432 (60% no helmet use)

Pedestrian death accidents: 347

Bicycle death accidents: 49

2009 Tarrant County Accident Statistics

Drunk driving accidents: 1877

Wrongful death accidents: 128

Serious Injury Causing Accidents: 4371

A car accident can involve another car, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcyle. It can occur due to road hazards. These auto accidents can cause property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death. Beside cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, semi-trucks, vans, trains, delivery trucks can cause car accidents.

Frequent causes of car accidents are: DWI drunk driving, cell phone or texting during driving, speed, road design, improper turns.

If your or a family member or friend have lost a loved in in a car accident in Texas due to wrongful death, Dallas car accident lawyers Kipness Law Firm, P.C. can help you deal with auto insurance companies. This includes people involved in motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, DWI drunk driver accidents.

Injuries from auto accidents must be brought two years from date of accident.

Date: August 4 , 2011, 08//204011

Location: I-45, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas

Type: Car-18 wheeler tractor trailer truck accident, Head on collision

Outcome: Two killed.

Two teenagers from Dallas, Texas were killed in a car-18 wheeler accident in Huntsville, Texas.  Their car flipped and then collided with an 18 wheeler tractor-trailer truck.  The deceased are Alessandra Alexandrou 17 and Daniel Carey 18.  Both were students at Bishop Lynch High School.  Alexandrou was to graduate in 2013 and Carey was attending Baylor University this Fall.

Alexadrou was driving a 2006 Ford Taurus and Carey was the passenger.  The car was heading north on I-45 towards Dallas.  Around 2:00 p.m., the Taurus drifted into the southbound lanes, overturned, and the 18 wheeler struck the car.   Both teenagers were pronounced dead at the accident scene.

2009 State of Texas Car Accident Statistics:

Wrongful death car accidents: 3089

Rural area death car accidents: 1685

Single vehicle car accidents deaths: 1227

Intersection car accident deaths: 696

Head on car accident deaths: 505

DWI Drunk driver car accident deaths: 956

Serious personal injury car accidents: 80,640

People injured in car accidents: 235,280

Motorcylist death accidents: 432 (60% no helmet use)

Pedestrian death accidents: 347

Bicycle death accidents: 49

A car accident can involve another car, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcyle. It can occur due to road hazards. These auto accidents can cause property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death. Beside cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, semi-trucks, vans, trains, delivery trucks can cause car accidents.

Frequent causes of car accidents are: DWI drunk driving, cell phone or texting during driving, speed, road design, improper turns.

If your or a family member or friend have lost a loved in in a car accident in Texas due to wrongful death, Dallas car accident lawyers Kipness Law Firm, P.C. can help you deal with auto insurance companies. This includes people involved in motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, DWI drunk driver accidents.

Injuries from auto accidents must be brought two years from date of accident.

Single car rollover accident

Date: August 1, 2011, 08/01/2011

Location: Highway 19, Athens, Henderson County, Texas

Type: Car accident, Single vehicle rollover

Outcome: One Killed

A single rollover  car accident happened at 3:00 p.m. on Highway 19.  The driver was Johnnie Mullins, 79 of Athens, Texas.  Mullins was pronounced dead at the scene.  His vehicle left the road, struck a culvert and overturned.

2009 Athens & Henderson County, Texas Accident Statistics:

Wrongful Death Car Accidents: 19

Serious Personal Injury Accidents: 209

2009 State of Texas Car Accident Statistics:

Wrongful death car accidents: 3089

Rural area death car accidents: 1685

Single vehicle car accidents deaths: 1227

Intersection car accident deaths: 696

Head on car accident deaths: 505

DWI Drunk driver car accident deaths: 956

Serious personal injury car accidents: 80,640

People injured in car accidents: 235,280

Motorcylist death accidents: 432 (60% no helmet use)

Pedestrian death accidents: 347

Bicycle death accidents: 49

A car accident can involve another car, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcyle.  It can occur due to road hazards.    These auto accidents can cause property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death.  Beside cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, semi-trucks, vans, trains, delivery trucks can cause car accidents.  

Frequent causes of car accidents are: DWI drunk driving, cell phone or texting during driving, speed, road design, improper turns.

If your or a family member or friend has been injured in a car accident in Texas, Dallas car accident lawyers Kipness Law Firm, P.C. can help you deal with auto insurance companies.  This includes people involved in motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, DWI drunk driver accidents.

Injuries from auto accidents must be brought two years from date of accident.