On January 14, 2025, a serious accident occurred in southwest Houston when a vehicle plunged from the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane on the Southwest Freeway near Westpark Drive. Both the driver and passenger sustained injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. HOV lanes are designed to improve traffic flow by reserving…
According to data from the National Safety Council, America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate, approximately 46,000 people died on U.S. roads last year. That number is up 9 percent from recorded deaths in 2020, and up a staggering 18% from 2019. The increase in fatalities comes as roadway traffic across the country returns to pre-pandemic levels.…
Northwest Houston residents are still cleaning up after a deadly explosion rocked the Watson Grinding & Manufacturing plant on Friday resulting in 2 deaths, multiple injuries and damage to hundreds of homes, some of which have been knocked off their foundations. The company is a small, family-owned facility that specializes in manufacturing and servicing valves…
BAYTOWN – In what has become a common occurrence this year for Houston-area residents, black smoke was seen billowing from an Exxon Mobil plant in Baytown yesterday, the result of an explosion at one of the largest refining and petrochemical complexes in the world. In total, 66 people were examined at a health clinic, some…
This year Houston Police have noticed a concerning rise in the number of auto-pedestrian accidents occurring in the Houston area. One area that has been the focus of this problem is a stretch of Bellaire Boulevard running through Houston’s Chinatown neighborhood. Since the beginning of the year 3 people have been hit and killed by…
Late Sunday night a bicyclist was struck and killed by a car in east Houston. This became the third fatal hit and run involving a bicyclist in Houston in the past month and a half. These recent accidents once again bring to light the long standing issue of bikers and drivers sharing the road in…
Recently KHOU Channel 11 compiled a list of the 10 most dangerous intersections in the Houston area. The report is based on five years of accident data from Harris County. These intersections have the highest rates of car accidents in the area. All of these intersections are outside the core of the city with all but one…
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