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Fatal Rollover at LBJ and Greenville shows Danger of Vehicle Ejections

Monday just after 3 a.m., the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck lost control of the vehicle at high speed while entering LBJ Freeway from the Greenville entry ramp in northeast Dallas. The pickup launched into a roll and tumbled down the slope, losing its front wheels at some point, but landing upright. Witnesses […]

How long will lack of financial feasibility compromise our safety?

Loads of lumber provided material to install additional supports at the University Village Apartments in Columbia, Missouri after a fatal balcony collapse killed a firefighter trying to help residents evacuate the building on Saturday. The balcony walkway collapse attorneys at Denena Points, PC note that as a safety precaution against further collapses and their tragic […]

2 Types of Vehicle Rollovers and the Danger of Fatal Injury

Our Pearland car accident lawyers point out that there are basically two types of single vehicle rollovers: the first is an untripped rollover caused by trying to avoid a collision with an obstacle or other vehicle, usually at higher speeds. In that scenario, if you have a top-heavy or heavily loaded vehicle and you suddenly […]

Sharp Rise in Houston Pedestrian Deaths leads to HPD Warning

The Houston pedestrian accident lawyers at Denena Points, PC have noticed that over the last year or so, there seems to have been a sharp rise in the number of news reports of tragic Houston pedestrian deaths by vehicle, as well an increasing number of hit and run accidents. So from time to time, we […]

Highway 290 speed related possible DWI rollover crash hospitalizes 3

Just yesterday, we were writing about the severity of rollover crashes compared to other types of vehicle wrecks. Our Houston rollover injury attorneys were focused on side impact crashes in that post; but as this terrible, speed related collision on Highway 290 demonstrates, rollovers can also result from rear-end wrecks as well as from single-vehicle […]

Why was this Beaumont man still on the road to cause a fatal wreck?

On a recent Friday night, Kelvin Lee Roy, a Beaumont man with several prior convictions for drug possession and DWI, crashed into a Honda minivan at South Main Street and Old Highway 90 in Vidor. The Honda minivan was occupied by a high school student sitting in the back seat, and her mother who was […]

At Least 6 Deaths and 22 Crashes linked to GM Ignition Switch Flaw

GM has recalled about 780,000 small cars because of the defect: Chevy Cobalts from the 2005 through 2007 model years and Pontiac G5s from 2007. The problem is a defective ignition switch in the GM cars that can shut off the engine without warning and lead to crashes. The faulty ignition switch can be jarred […]

The Alarming Costs of the Average U.S. Motor Vehicle Injury Accident

The National Safety Council (NSC), in an attempt to measure the costs to society and to the American economy caused by motor vehicle accident injuries and deaths, has provided numbers that might shock you. In 2011, the NSC estimated the average economic cost per motor vehicle death at $1,420,000. A non-fatal but disabling injury was […]

4 Types of Car Seats and Seat Belts for Your Child’s Growth Stages

One size does not fit all when it comes to safely restraining your child inside a motor vehicle. Research has shown that vehicle occupants who are properly restrained at the time of a crash are more likely to survive the crash and avoid serious injury. Proper restraints lengthen a person’s ride down time, which decreases […]