Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Woman Dies in Hot Air Balloon Accident

  Jenny Albano | October 09, 2007 1:39 AM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman died in a hot air balloon crash on Monday, October 8 during an annual balloon festival in Albuquerque. The balloon tipped over after getting caught on fiberoptic line running above a power line at about 8 a.m., which sent 60 year old Rosemary Wooley Phillips to her death. She over 60 feet after falling from the hot air balloon.When the craft got caught the pilot threw down a tether to...

• Honda Recalls Defective Lawnmowers

  Courtney Mills | December 19, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  American Honda recalled some 167,000 lawnmowers today in conjunction with the CPSC because of a consumer laceration hazard posed by the lawn mowers when the mower's control lever is released. In light of the serious risk to consumers posed by the cutting blade, Honda has recalled the following mowers from the U.S. market: Model HRB217HXA, all serial numbers, and Models HRX217HXA and HRX217HMA,...

• Three Teens Killed when Train Crashes into Car

  Chrissie Cole | August 24, 2007 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Three teenagers were killed in a car accident, Wednesday night, when a train plowed into their car as they tried to beat the train across the railroad tracks. The teenagers, none whom had driver's licenses, allegedly ignored blinking lights, bells, whistles and crossing gates as they attempted to beat the Amtrak train across the intersection at C.E. King and Beaumont Highway.Police declared the...

• Man Beaten to Death After Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 21, 2007 11:21 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An angry crowd beat a man to his death, Tuesday night, after the vehicle he was traveling in struck and injured a young girl in a car accident. Police say 2,000 to 3,000 people were on the street for a Juneteenth celebration when the accident occurred. The driver had stopped to look on the little girl that was at the entrance to an apartment complex when a group of men attacked him. The...

• 4-Year-Old Girl Injured During Street Race

  Chrissie Cole | May 22, 2007 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A four-year-old girl was thrown from a vehicle when it was hit by another car. Authorities believe the car accident was caused by street racing.Authorities are searching for one of the cars they believe were involved in the racing. The driver sped away following the accident.Two cars were racing down the highway when a third car with a child inside pulled out from a stop sign and crashed into...

• Man Killed in Train vs Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 21, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Exxon employee was tragically killed today while on his way to leave work. Calvin, 48, of Silsbee was killed in a train verse car accident that occurred just outside of the Exxon plant today.Calvin was leaving the plant after a long work shit that had ended at 3:30pm yesterday when a B.N.S.F. freight train that was traveling east to Beaumont crashed into his car. The Exxon plant is located...