Injuries

A fully-loaded large truck can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. Additionally, these massive vehicles usually carry hundreds of gallons of highly-flammable diesel fuel. This combination often leads to catastrophic injuries, such as serious burns and head or spine injuries. Frequently, ...

Two people and the pregnant woman’s unborn child are dead following a serious collision on a side road near Interstate 20. The wreck occurred on Matlock in south Arlington. According to police and surveillance video, 27-year-old Tristan Bustillos pulled into a left turn lane a...

Fall injuries are the leading cause of ER visits in Tarrant County. Nationwide, some eight million fall victims are rushed to hospital emergency rooms every year. Many of these falls occur inside grocery stores, or in grocery store parking lots. Generally, grocery store owners a...

For the second time in two years, a vehicle jumped a curve on South Hulen Street, causing massive property damage. Following a similar incident in 2018 at the same location, the City of Fort Worth promised to make the intersection safer. Some of those plans, such as a lower spee...

It is spring once again in North Texas. So, both dogs and people will once again be out and about in force. Every year, dogs bite about five million people. A significant number of these victims go to hospital emergency rooms, where they later require extensive surgery and physic...

One person is in the hospital after Arlington police continued pursuing a robbery suspect into Fort Worth. When officers tried to apprehend two robbery suspects, the men got into a car and fled. The chase eventually ended with a crash near the intersection of Wilbarger Street an...

If there is ever ice on the ground in North Texas, it is usually around Super Bowl week. Parker County residents have an especially hard time navigating possibly treacherous sidewalks and other walkways. Frequently, such falls are subject to the revitalized open and obvious defe...

2020 got off to a very bleak start for the families of four people killed or seriously injured after a vehicle collided with a metallic sign pole. The wreck occurred on Interstate 30 at the Montgomery Street off-ramp. According to police, 20-year-old Emily Beckham, of Burleson, ...

Comparative fault is perhaps the most common insurance company defense in car wreck claims. This legal loophole basically shifts blame for the accident from the tortfeasor (negligent driver) to the victim. Texas is a modified comparative fault state with a 51 percent threshold. ...

Falls are commonly associated with nursing home stays. 40 percent of patients check into long-term care facilities after a fall, and 60 percent of all patients fall while they are there. Older people are greatly at risk for falls as well as serious fall injuries. Age-related Mac...