Location: 3500 Kell West, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas

Type: Drunk Driver Hit and Run Accident: Two cars

Outcome: Two people injured.

Ryan Michael Howard, 30, was arrested by Wichita Falls PD and charged with intoxicated assault involving injury or death.  The accident happened at 9:27 p.m. on the 3500 block of Kell West.  Howard rear-ended a vehicle and injured the driver and passenger.  Howard fled the scene, got of the vehicle and started walking home with a head wound.

He was transported to the ER and then booked at Wichita County Jail.  Several empty and full beer bottles were found in his truck.  The driver of the other car has a broken arm.

It appears drunk driving and failure to control speed was the cause 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

Wichita Falls & Wichita County, Texas Accident Statistics

Drunk Driving Accidents: 134

Wrongful death: 8

Serious Injury Accidents: 261

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.

Location: FM 225, Nacogdoches County, Texas

Type: One Car accident, drunk driving.

Outcome: Drunk Driver’s Child Injured.

Isec Gelindo Sanchez, 27 from Douglass, Texas, was arrested for drunk driving DWI.   The accident happened on FM 225 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.  His 2006 Dodge pick-up went off the road and flipped many times.  His two sons, 3 and 8, were in the truck.  The 8 year old received serious personal injuries.

Sanchez was arrested and charged with intoxicated assault with a vehicle.  He failed field sobriety tests.  Sanchez turned himself in to police and told newspeople he had 4 or 5 beers but was not drunk.   Sanchez and his two sons were driving to their grandfather’s birthday party.  His oldest son suffered a foot injury and has had three surgeries.

We see two potential causes of this accident and injuries.  Intoxication and possibly non-seat belt use or lack of booster child car seats.

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 been injured in 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.

If his employer has workers compensation, he will need to file a claim with the Texas Division of Workers Compensation.  If his employer is a Texas non-subscriber employer for workplace and on-the-job accidents and injuries, he may have a right to file a personal injury lawsuit.  If successful, he could recover lost wages, past/future medicals and compensation for pain, mental anguish, and impairment.

If your or a family member or friend have been injured in a workplace or on the job accident and there is no workers compensation insurance, Dallas non-subscriber workplace accident lawyers Kipness Law Firm, P.C. can help you deal with the insurance companies.

Injuries from non-subscriber workplace accidents must be brought two years from date of accident.

Location: I-30 @ Second Avenue, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Type: 18 wheeler tractor trailer truck accident, head on collision with car driving in wrong direction.

Outcome: Both drivers injured.

A woman from Mansfield, Texas was driving west on the eastbound lanes of I-30 @ Second Avenue.  Her car slammed head-on into a 18 wheeler tractor-trailer.  The 20 year old woman as seriously injured and taken to Baylor University Medical Center.  The truck driver has minor injuries.  A fuel spill had to be cleaned up by HAZMAT because the 18 wheeler jack-knifed.  The accident is under investigation.

We see two potential causes of this accident. It is possible the car driver had fatigue and/or was intoxicated. 

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 Dallas County Accident Statistics

Drunk driving accidents: 2655

Wrongful death accidents: 161

Serious Injury Causing Accidents: 5721

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.

The accident happened on private property being mowed.  The property is located on Gage Road, north of State Highway 82.  One man was taken by hospital via ambulance and the other was careflighted to a Dallas area hospital.

Southmayd, Texas Fire Dept. investigated and said both men were trying to fix a problem with the schredder.  The problem was the wings of the schredder would not go down.

In Texas work injury cases, if the employer has workers compensation insurance, the employee must report the accident to the Texas Division of Workers Compensation.  Benefits may be given for lost wages and payment of medical bills and impairment.

If the employer does not carry workers compensation and is a non-subscriber employer, the employee should call a work accident lawyer ASAP and may have a right to file a personal injury lawsuit.

Regardless, one should always report serious work accident injuries to OSHA and request an inspection.

The lawsuit must be filed two years from date of accident.   There may also be claims against the owner and manufacturer of the schredder.

Date: July 31, 2011, 07/31/2011

Location: I-35, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas

Type: Car accident, Single vehicle rollover

Outcome: Three injured

A single rollover car accident happened at 5:00 p.m. on I-35E service road near Exit 401 in Waxahachie, Texas.

A female passenger was taken to Baylor Medical Center at Dallas via CareFlite helicopter.  The other two female occupants were taken to Methodist Medical Center Dallas via ambulance.

2009 Waxahachie & Ellis County, Texas Accident Statistics:

Wrongful Death Car Accidents: 14

Drunk Driving Car Accidents:   138

Serious Personal Injury Accidents: 314

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.

Date: August 2, 2011, 08/02/2011

Location:  Grande @ Jacksonsville Highway, Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision

Outcome: Three injured

A two car accident happened at 8:10 a.m. on Grande @ Jacksonville Highway in Tyler, Smith County, Texas.  A car traveling westbound on Grande was making a left turn into a gas station when it was hit by a SUV heading east bound.   Traffic was stopped for an hour.  Three unidentified people were taken to a local hospital.

2009 Tyler & Smith County, Texas Accident Statistics:

Wrongful Death Car Accidents:          45

Serious Personal Injury Accidents:  862

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

Motor vehicle car accident kills bicyclist

Date: July 29, 2011

Location: South Pipleline Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Type: Car-Bicycle Accident

Outcome: Bicyclist killed.

A Euless man, riding his bicycle, has died from an accident injuries at John Peter Smith Hospital.  Paul Niccolai, 56, was killed while riding his bicycle  at 10950 S. Pipeline Road, five miles from his house.    The driver who hit Niccolai is a Euless man driving an Acura.

In 2009, there were 49 people killed in Texas on bikes that were involved in car accidents.  There were 128 killed in accidents in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas.

Dallas Car Accident Attorneys at The Kipness Law Firm express their sorrow for the family and friends of the people that was killed in this tragic pedestrian-auto accident. If you or a family member has lost a loved one as the result of a car accident, Dallas Texas Wrongful Death Lawyer Kipness Law Firm can help you.

We understand the stress that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident. We assist car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the compensation they are entitled to receive under the law. Under the law in Texas, all injured people have the right to seek compensation for past and future damages that were caused by the negligence of another person, a company or governmental entity.

The injured person has the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit in order to seek compensation for their injuries. Damages can include: past medical bills; future medical care; lost wages; future lost wages; pain; mental suffering; impairment, and disfigurement. A person killed in an accident can file a lawsuit to recover past medical bills; lost wages, future lost wages, and burial expenses. Some relatives may recover compensation for emotional distress.

For most accidents, lawsuits must be brought two years from the date of accident or the claim is barred.

Motor vehicle car accident ejects driver causing personal injuries.

Date: July 27, 2011

Location: Denman Avenue, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas

Type: One car accident

Outcome: Driver Injured

Jeremy Graves of Lufkin, Texas is in critical condition at East Texas Medical Center Tyler after being ejected from his vehicle.  The accident took place on Denman Avenue at Tower Lane.  The car hit a culvert was airborne.  The accident happened at 8:00 a.m.  After becoming airborne, the car hit another part of the culvert and begal to roll.

There were no witnesses who saw the car leave the road.  One witness saw the car hit a road sign.  The car was a GMC Jimmy.  Mr. Graves was found 75 feet from his car.   Lufkin PD is investigating the accident and said Graves may not have been wearing his seat belt.   Mr. Graves is an aspiring rapper.    

In 2009, there were 251 serious injury causing car accidents in Lufkin and Angelina County, Texas. In this same year, 23 were killed in wrongful death car accidents in Lufkin & Angelina County, Texas.   There were 1227 single car accident deaths in Texas in rural areas.

Dallas Car Accident Attorneys at The Kipness Law Firm express their sorrow for the family and friends of the person injured in this tragic auto accident. If you or a family member have been injured in a car accident, Dallas Texas Personal Injury Lawyer Kipness Law Firm can help you.

We understand the stress that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident. We assist car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the compensation they are entitled to receive under the law. Under the law in Texas, all injured people have the right to seek compensation for past and future damages that were caused by the negligence of another person, a company or governmental entity.

The injured person has the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit in order to seek compensation for their injuries. Damages can include: past medical bills; future medical care; lost wages; future lost wages; pain; mental suffering; impairment, and disfigurement.

For most accidents, lawsuits must be brought two years from the date of accident or the claim is barred.

Motor vehicle car accident kills two and injures two

Date: July 22, 2011

Location: FM 896, Fanning County, Texas

Type: One car rollover accident

Outcome: Two killed; Two injured.

Two teenagers are dead and two are seriously injured from a rollover accident in Leonard, Fannin County, Texas.  The accident took place on FM 896 when driver Brandon Richards lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll many times.  Alexandria Hilliard of Dodd City and Zachary Kelton of Ector were dead at the scene.  Brandon Richards and Briann Hilliard of Dodd City were taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas via helicopter.    Residents near FM 896 have stated the road is narrow, hilly, and the cause of numerous death accidents.   Leonard PD and Texas DPS are still investigating the accident.

In 2009, there were 59,164 serious injury crashes and 3089 deaths from Texas car accidents, including 1227 run off the road crashes.  Deaths in rural areas from car accident was 1685, 54.5% of all traffic related deaths.

Dallas Car Accident Attorneys at The Kipness Law Firm express their sorrow for the family and friends of the people that was killed in this single car auto accident. If you or a family member has lost a loved one as the result of a single car accident, Dallas Texas Wrongful Death Lawyer Kipness Law Firm can help you.

We understand the stress that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident. We assist car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the compensation they are entitled to receive under the law. Under the law in Texas, all injured people have the right to seek compensation for past and future damages that were caused by the negligence of another person, a company or governmental entity.

The injured person has the legal right to file a personal injury lawsuit in order to seek compensation for their injuries. Damages can include: past medical bills; future medical care; lost wages; future lost wages; pain; mental suffering; impairment, and disfigurement.

A person killed in an accident can file a lawsuit to recover past medical bills; lost wages, future lost wages, and burial expenses. Some relatives may recover compensation for emotional distress.

In this case, all passengers may have a claim against the auto insurance company for the driver for negligent driving.  The police report will identify if driver error was the cause of the accident and identify the auto insurance company.

For most accidents, lawsuits must be brought two years from the date of accident or the claim is barred.