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Early this morning, a car in Georgetown flipped, slid off the roadway, and then crashed through a fence and hit the back of a home.  A passenger in the vehicle was tragically killed, but no one in the home was hurt. You don't hear about car-house collisions much, but they...

If you haven't been paying attention, the Texas legislature is in session and facing a huge budget shortfall --- with most estimates predicting a shortfall between $15 and 27 Billion.  Because the Republican leadership is pledging not to raise taxes or tap into the state's rainy day fund, the balanced...

There was a horrific car wreck yesterday morning on Highway 290.   A pickup truck driven by Rudy Cruz had a collision with an electricity truck driver.  Both Cruz and the electricity truck briefly pulled over.  But then Cruz took off again and ended up driving on the wrong side of 290.  He...

The Centers For Disease Control has released a new study confirming that car wrecks are the leading cause of death among US teens.  Every year in the United States, over 16,000 teens between the ages of 12 and 19 die.  Nearly 50 percent die in accidents, with car wrecks accounting...

Over the weekend, Alyssa Bargsley, a student at Hays High School (my alma mater), was killed in a tragic golf cart wreck.  Apparently, Ms. Bargsley was standing on the back of the golf cart while the driver, another Hays High School student, was driving.  The driver hit a bump, tossing Ms....

Earlier this week, Eliot Alfred Carvajal, was allegedly driving drunk and led Austin Police Department officers on a police chase (with speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour) that started in North Austin on I35 and ended in a fatal collision in South Austin near Brodie Lane.  As the car neared Brodie,...

There have been a number of auto accident/safe driving stories over the last few weeks, but I just haven't had time to write on them. Instead of ignoring them, I thought I'd put up a brief post touching on each story. Austin is moving forward with a plan to ban...