Auto Accidents: Fatality Collisions

John Farris (30) of Fort Worth, and another unidentified man died Thursday afternoon when a 2002 Acura rolled over in western Tarrant County, in a single-vehicle wreck at 10204 Confederate Park Road, also called Farm Road 1886. The Sheriff’s department indicated both men were ejected from the car and they were pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Rollover accidents kill thousands of people each year, particularly in cases where a person is ejected from the vehicle. However, often times it can be proven that the design or manufacture of the vehicle was unreasonably dangerous and that the vehicle could have been designed in such a manner as to reduce the risk of a rollover accident and thereby preventing serious injuries or death. Contact Montes Herald Law Group, LLP to discuss your case if you or your loved one has been injured or killed in a rollover accident.

Kent Powell (27) of Decatur man was ejected from a Corvette Saturday in a crash in Watuaga died Wednesday. Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a telephone pole at about 1:45 a.m. in the 6200 block of Chapman Road. The driver, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released shortly after.

Rollover accidents kill thousands of people each year, particularly in cases where a person is ejected from the vehicle. However, often times it can be proven that the design or manufacture of the vehicle was unreasonably dangerous and that the vehicle could have been designed in such a manner as to reduce the risk of a rollover accident and thereby preventing serious injuries or death. Contact Montes Herald Law Group, LLP to discuss your case if you or your loved one has been injured or killed in a rollover accident.

A National Guard Humvee went airborne on a Texas interstate Wednesday and vaulted into an oncoming lane, triggering a six-vehicle crash that killed a soldier and two other drivers. The Humvee was traveling southbound in the rain on Interstate 35 in the small town of Troy about 11 a.m. when it went airborne, cleared the center barrier and slammed into the oncoming car and an 18-wheeler. The 18 wheeler then crashed into a truck towing a trailer, and then into a garbage truck.
Troy police Sgt. David Lowry told the Temple Daily Telegram that the driver of the Humvee has been identified as Altha Gibson, 21, of DeSoto; the driver of the tractor-trailer rig as Donald Johnson, 44, of Burleson; and the driver of the car as Douglas Ashcroft, 41, of Austin.

Although the specific reasons for the crash have not been released, this case is an important example of why it is important to promptly seek legal advice. In a case where an automobile accident is caused by a member of the military while that person is on-duty, the law imposes a number of unique requirements for the case. While there is still a 2 year statute of limitations, any person who desires to make a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act for personal injuries or property damage will actually have to make that claim against the United States of America. In addition, it is required under the Federal Tort Claims Act that the person making the claim give written notice of the claim to the appropriate branch of the federal government. The form of the notice is very specific and the details of the notice letter must be provided in a particular and specific detail or you lose the ability to make your claim or to even file a lawsuit for your damages. For this reason, anytime you or a loved one is involved in an accident against any governmental entity, you should immediately contact a lawyer and make sure that the proper notice of claim is given so that your rights are protected.

Contact Rachel Montes or Tom Herald at Montes Law Group, P.C. to discuss your case.

A Fort Worth Bus (The T) crashed Tuesday on the eastbound side of Loop 820 at Mark IV Parkway, about a quarter mile west of Interstate 35W. The wreck involved 4 vehicles, all of which caught fire in the collision, including a MITS bus from the T’s Mobility Impaired Transportation Service and a blue dodge pick-up truck.

Fort Worth Transportation Authority operations manager Tony Johnson said, “It’s our understanding that a vehicle stopped in front of the van. The van may have hit the other vehicles, which probably caused the vehicle to catch fire.”

One person was killed in the collision and two others were critically injured and transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Two people who were non-critically injured were taken to a Fort Worth Hospital. Another person, whose identity has not been released, was treated at the scene and release.

If you have been injured in an automobile accident anywhere in the Dallas Fort-Worth metroplex, you need lawyers on your side who will investigate the issues not only of the wreck. This is particularly the case anytime a government-owned vehicle such as a bus is involved in the collision. In those cases, while you have two years to file a lawsuit, you must provide written notice of your claim much sooner (usually within 6 months of the date of the wreck) to the proper governmental agency. If you fail to provide the proper written notice in a timely manner, then you will lose your right to file a lawsuit later. At Montes Herald Law Group, LLP, our attorneys aggressively investigate cases to preserve evidence of the other party’s responsibility and of your pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, punitive damages and other damages that you are entitled to recover by law. Contact Rachel Montes or Thomas Herald at (214) 522-9401 to get a free case evaluation today, and visit our website at www.MontesHerald.com to learn more about our firm.

One person was killed and two were injured in a head on collision at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Weatherford. , Weatherford police say that the truck traveling westbound in the 500 block of West Foruth Street crossed over into oncoming traffic and struck head-on into a van that was traveling eastbound. The driver of the truck died at the scene. PHI Air Ambulance transported the driver of the van to Harris Hospital in Fort Worth while the passenger of the van was treated and released. A third vehicle was clipped by the truck after it struck the van, but the driver was not injured. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.

If you have been injured in an automobile accident anywhere in the Dallas Fort-Worth metroplex, you need lawyers on your side who will investigate the issues of the wreck. At Montes Herald Law Group, LLP, our attorneys aggressively investigate cases to preserve evidence of the other party’s responsibility and of your pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, punitive damages and other damages that you are entitled to recover by law. Contact Rachel Montes at (214) 522-9401 to get a free case evaluation today, and visit our website at www.MontesLawGroup.com to learn more about our firm.

In a news story that aired on CBS 11 Dallas, reporter Bennett Cunningham did a follow up on the recent rash of fatality, head-on collisions that have been occurring on the the Dallas North Tollway over the past few months. While the Tollway indicates it is continuing to investigate these accidents and to look for ways to improve safety, CBS simply drove the tollroad and found road signs that were obscured by trees, roadsigns that were so faded that they were no longer reflective, and road signs that could not even be seen by motorists due to the location and placement of the signs. In addition, the story also highlighted that studies have shown that if “Wrong Way” and “Do Not Enter” signs are lowered closer to the roadway, driver’s are more likely to observe these signs, and that where such signs have been lowered, there has been about a 20 percent reduction in wrong-way, head-on collisions.

We encourage you to visit the CBS website to read the full story and to watch the video of the story CBS aired as like so many other corporations, safety seems to be more important to corporations when their conduct is publicized.