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Pedestrian Accidents

16 Jun

Man Involved in Hit-and-Run is Sentenced to 10 years

[caption id="attachment_2034" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo of a glass of alcohol next to a set of car keys[/caption] KXAN reports that after killing a jogger in a hit-and-run, Roman Turullos-Gonzalez has been s...

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13 Jun

How Many People Have Died in Boating Accidents in Texas?

Summer is almost around the corner, which means many people will be hitting the lakes and rivers for boating and swimming. However, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) says that since May of this year, 24 pe...

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6 Jun

Where Does Austin Rank in the Nation for Pedestrian Accidents?

According to KVUE, Austin is the 24th most dangerous city for pedestrian fatalities and accidents. A study conducted by the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC) found that between 2003 and 2012, the Austin and Roun...

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2 Jun

Wrecks Caused by City of Austin Employees are Costing Taxpayers

A recent investigation by KXAN revealed that taxpayers in Austin are on track to pay more than $800,000 in liability claims this year for accidents caused by City of Austin employees driving city-owned vehicles. As of f...

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23 May

Has a Drunk Driver Injured You in a Pedestrian Accident? We Can Help

We have always said that pedestrians have the same right to safe transit as motor vehicles. Unfortunately, Austin has had an increasing drunk driving problem that is putting all pedestrians at risk of being injured or ki...

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19 May

What is Austin’s Safe Passing Law?

With May being designated National Bike Month, many organizations around Austin are educating people on how motorists and cyclists can share the road. According to KVUE, the organization Please Be Kind to Bicyclists will...

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16 May

How Can the City of Austin Reduce Drunk Driving Downtown?

It came as a complete shock to many when people learned that a drunk driver killed the popular Austin blogger Kelly Wayne Noel while downtown on April 26. Friends of Noel are now calling for the City of Austin to allow m...

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12 May

Are Texas Oil Companies Overworking Their Truck Drivers?

According to a Fox 7 news report, police officers from Karnes County believe that “many oil field workers are probably driving longer hours than the law allows.” The oil companies are increasing the workload on their...

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9 May

Were You Hit by a Car in a Crosswalk? You Need an Austin Injury Attorney

Even though pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks, they are often the ones who suffer the most when a car or truck disobeys traffic laws and runs into them. [caption id="attachment_1900" align="alignright" wid...

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21 Apr

New Study Maps Austin Bike Wrecks and Includes Austin’s Most Dangerous Streets

According to Culture Map Austin, a recent study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed the most dangerous streets in Austin for bicyclists. Using data from the Texas Department of Transportation, the...

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16 Apr

Pedestrian Accidents Continue to Rise in Austin: Our Attorneys Discuss the Growing Epidemic

We have been blogging about a string of pedestrian accidents occurring in the city of Austin, and the fatality count is still rising: there were two more pedestrian accidents in Austin this week. According to KXAN, thre...

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9 Apr

Two Fatal Pedestrian Accidents in Two Weeks: Another Victim Hit and Killed While Walking on Lamar Boulevard

Last week, we blogged about a pedestrian that was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on North Lamar; this week, another pedestrian was killed while crossing the street on the south side of Lamar Boulevard. Acco...

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4 Apr

Pedestrian on North Lamar Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

According to KXAN, Austin police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a man walking on North Lamar Boulevard near Payton Gin Road on March 24 just after 9 p.m. Witnesses to the accident said the driver was in...

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21 Mar

Two Killed and 23 Injured By Reckless Driver During SXSW Festival

According to USA Today, a suspected drunken driver in pursuit by police sped the wrong way down a one-way street and crashed through police barriers at the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) on March 13, killing two peop...

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10 Feb

Austin Family Still Searching for Deadly Hit-and-Run Driver that Killed Pedestrian

Around 9:30 p.m. on November 18, 2013, a 53-year-old Austin man was killed after a hit-and-run driver struck and killed him as he was walking home from a nearby store on FM 969. The man, who was legally blind, was only a...

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