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.

Fort Worth Car Accident Kills Driver

Motor vehicle car accident kills driver changing his tire

Date: July 29, 2011

Location: 2500 block Riverside Drive, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Type: Two car accident

Outcome: Driver outside of car is  killed.

An Alvarado, Texas man was killed while changing his tire  near I-20 and Campus Drive in Fort Worth, Texas.  An intoxicated driver from Mansfield has been charged with intoxication manslaughter charges because he slammed his GMC van into the pickup truck on the side of the road.   The victim has not been identifed.   The accident happened around 1:15 a.m.

In 2009, there were 956 killed in Texas from accidents involving an intoxicated driver.  Therer were 1877 drunk driving accidents in Fort Worth and Tarrant County in 2009.

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.

 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.

Lindale  Accident Kills One Pedestrian

Dump truck accident kills dump truck driver

Date: July 28, 2011

Location: FM 16, Lindale, Smith County, Texas

Type: Two car accident involving truck and dump truck

Outcome: Driver killed.

An accident on FM 16 in Lindale, Texas killed a driver of a dump truck.  A pick up driver was pulling onto FM 16 from CR 498, did and not see the dump truck driver because the sun was in his eyes.  The dump truck driver hit the pick up, spun around, and crashed into an embankment.  The dump truck driver was was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

In 2009, there were 862 serious injury causing car accidents in Lindale and Smith County, Texas. In this same year, 45 were killed in wrongful death car accidents in  Smith County, Texas.  Deaths in rural car accidnets for this year was 1685 in Texas.  696 were killed in Texas car accidents at intersections.

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 truck accident. If you or a family member has lost a loved one as the result of a dump truck 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.

 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.

This driver’s family may be able to received life insurance or workers compensation death benefits from his employer.  There may also be case against the pick up driver’s insurance company as it appears its driver failed to yield to the right of way of the dump truck driver.  There may also be a claim for benefits on the truck driver’s auto insurance policy for underinsured or uninsured motorists benefits.

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