The holiday season is stressful enough, but adding a personal injury to the checklist is never anything you want on your plate. Hospital bills, physical pain, and grief can easily eat into the joy that’s supposed to surround this time of the year. Here’s a look into how you can avoid personal injury accidents both … Read more
Your teen driver may look for any reason to get behind the wheel, whether it’s running to the grocery store or just a quick trip to the gas station. Even these relatively minor daily occurrences can cause anxiety for any parent and raise concerns as to their teens’ safety behind the wheel. Rightfully so! There … Read more
An estimated 100,000 auto accidents yearly result from driving while fatigued, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. These accidents claim over 800 lives annually and cause more than 50,000 injuries. However, the real number may be much higher, as it is difficult to determine whether a driver was drowsy during a crash. A … Read more
At Genthe Law Firm, we appreciate the vital role commercial drivers play in our country’s supply chain. However, we believe that negligent drivers who injure others due to their carelessness must be held accountable for their actions. Have you been in an accident involving a commercial driver? Here’s what you should know about the next … Read more
When you’ve been injured in an accident, things get scary in a hurry. Not only do you have to find room in your busy schedule between work, the kids, and everything else for medical appointments, but you also have to deal with insurance company adjusters. Insurance adjusters can vary greatly from company to company. Some … Read more
23-Year-Old Dies in Single Car Accident in Fort Worth Felipe Trejo, 23 years old, lost control of his vehicle and struck a light pole on Martin Luther King Freeway. The accident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on October 21, 2022. First responders rushed Trejo to John Peter Smith Hospital, but doctors pronounced him dead shortly … Read more
Dallas PD Officers and Civilians Injured After Car Chase At approximately 10::45 a.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, two Dallas police officers and a civilian received injuries in an automobile accident during a car chase. The car accident occurred in the 2900 block of South Buckner Boulevard in East Dallas. At the time of the … Read more
Driver Flees After Fort Worth Pedestrian Car Accident Driver Flees After Fort Worth Pedestrian Car AccidentOn October 8, 2022, a man was driving on Northwest Loop 820 when his car broke down. A passing motorist stopped to help him. Unfortunately, both men were struck by a passing vehicle, and the driver did not stop at … Read more
Jennifer Walden, a 48-year-old Fort Worth resident, passed away following a two-car accident on U.S. 67 in Glen Rose, Texas, on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at about 6 p.m. At the time of the accident, Walden was driving a 2018 Honda Accord east on the highway. She went on the wrong side of the road … Read more
Officers with the East Division of the Fort Worth Police Department, firefighters with the Fort Worth Fire Department, and personnel with MedStar responded to a one-vehicle accident on Texas 183 at the southbound Texas 360 exit at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday, August 12, 2022. The driver, initially headed westbound, hit the guardrail with … Read more
Fort Worth Car Crash Into Tree Kills One One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and another was transported to the hospital in critical condition about midnight on August 27, 2022, after the car they were driving hit a tree. The car accident that was called into the Dallas Police Department at approximately 1138 … Read more
A pickup pulling a trailer loaded with a boat was involved in an accident on August 14, 2022. The accident occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35West near State Highway 170, also called the Alliance Gateway Freeway. The driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete barrier. Then, the accident jarred the … Read more
A Fort Worth police officer had to be cut from his vehicle on August 3, 2022, after an accident forced the officer off the roadway and into a tree. At the time of the accident, the officer responded to a call for help from another officer involved in a foot pursuit. The injured officer was … Read more
A 19-year-old man was driving a Chevy Tahoe near Santa Teresa, New Mexico when he lost control of the vehicle and rolled over after striking a utility pole. According to Sunland Park Fire Chief Daniel Medrano, a 24-year-old man and 18-year-old woman were ejected from the SUV and pronounced dead at the scene. Ten people … Read more
Residents at an apartment complex in the Park Oaks Condo subdivision in Tarrant County had a rude surprise on August 2, 2022, when a speeding car crashed through an apartment fence and landed upside down on top of several parked cars. One of the wheels from the car came off and flew through a first-floor … Read more
A man pushing a wheelchair on the east side of Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, was hit and drugged for at least three blocks at around 9:30 PM on July 21st. The accident occurred near the intersection of Forest Lane and Cromwell Drive. The man finally fell off the car when it turned south onto … Read more
You get into a minor fender bender on a Texas road, and it seems like no big deal. No one is hurt, and your vehicle only has a few dents. The hassle of calling the police doesn’t seem worthwhile, so you exchange contact and insurance information and resolve to settle the mishap on your own. … Read more
What If My Car Accident Involved a Pedestrian? You may be an extremely aware driver, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get involved in a messy pedestrian accident. From pedestrians walking around obliviously with blaring headphones to others who just blatantly ignore crossing laws, pedestrian-caused accidents are common and you should know what to do … Read more
On July 22, 2022, at around 5 am, DPS was notified of a fatal car accident involving two vehicles at Hwy 110 North and County Road 48. Upon arrival, police found a Dodge Charger totally engulfed in flames and a Chevy Tahoe that was close by that was smashed badly. There were three people in … Read more
Only the right lane of Interstate 20 near J.J. Lemmon Road in Southern Dallas County remained open on July 6, 2022, after a car and a semi collided. First responders transported one person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after six other vehicles were involved in the car accident. Traffic was backed up on Interstate … Read more