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Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4
Car Goes Into Ditch When Brakes Fail
Motorcyclist injured by power line listed in fair condition
Eleven hospitalized in alleged drunk driving accident
Officer Killed in Accident Remembered as Good Father, Husband
Construction Accident at Rice University Under Investigation
Impaired driver plows into HPD officers on a coffee break, killing one
Construction Accident At Stadium Injures 3
H.S. Teacher & Coach Accused of Driving Drunk, Killing Woman
Fiery Crash Claims Life Of Central Texas Truck Driver
Workers begin salvaging Cynthia Woods
Firefighter Killed in Motorcycle-Vehicle Accident
Women Arrested After Slamming Truck into Animal Hospital
Tejano singer Emilio had 0.19 blood alcohol level after crash, police report says
Court should reverse self for workers’ sakes
Houston Valet Companies Have Employees With No Insurance, Licenses
2 in Houston killed in separate overnight hit-and-runs
Cyclist Killed in Accident With Vehicle
Houston Woman Dead After Rollover Accident
Driver Ejected, Killed in Collision with Exit Ramp Divider
Four Injured in Accident with Houston Police Officer

Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4

HOUSTON (AP) — Hitting the ground with enough force to lift a worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others.

As federal officials prepared to investigate the latest in a string of fatal accidents involving cranes, the Louisiana company that owns the 300-foot-tall piece of equipment said it would pursue its own probe of Friday's incident. Deep South Crane & Rigging spokeswoman Margaret Landry issued a statement from the company's headquarters in Baton Rouge, saying it was investigating "to determine the root cause, correct it and ensure that this type of tragedy does not occur again."

Car Goes Into Ditch When Brakes Fail

HOUSTON -- Police believe a set of failed brakes may have caused a woman's car to smash through a fence and into a water-filled drainage ditch at an apartment complex in southwest Houston.

The accident happened Thursday night as the woman was driving home from work.

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Motorcyclist injured by power line listed in fair condition

A motorcyclist critically injured in a bizarre accident on Interstate 45 July 3 was listed in fair condition Friday at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston’s Texas Medical Center, according to a hospital spokesman.

According to the Conroe Police Department report, Bruce Canfield, 51, of The Woodlands, was riding his Harley Davidson north on Interstate 45 near Gladstell when a Williams Brothers Construction Company dump truck in the construction area snagged an Entergy power line, dropping it across the main lanes in Canfield’s path.

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Eleven hospitalized in alleged drunk driving accident

On June 29, at approximately 7:20 p.m., Ricardo Arias, 28, was operating his 1999 Ford Expedition westbound in the 12300 block of North Lake Houston Parkway.

Traveling in the vehicle with Arias were his wife and their seven children. The children range in age from 2 months to 9 years old.

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Officer Killed in Accident Remembered as Good Father, Husband

Family, friends and colleagues celebrated the life of an officer who was killed when a car struck him as he was performing traffic duties.

Officer Gary Gryder, who served in the Houston Police Department for 25 years, was killed Sunday when Hung Truong crashed his vehicle into construction barricades and both he and another officer who was on duty.

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Construction Accident at Rice University Under Investigation

(Media-Newswire.com) - An investigation is under way into the circumstances surrounding the accident at a construction site on the Rice University campus Thursday afternoon that resulted in the death of one construction worker and injury of seven others.
The death and injuries occurred when a severe thunderstorm with high winds and lightning struck the campus around 4 p.m. The Rice Crisis Management Team is still gathering information about the incident, but here is what has emerged to date.

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Impaired driver plows into HPD officers on a coffee break, killing one

HOUSTON -- A Houston police officer was killed and another severely injured Sunday morning after an accident with an intoxicated driver.

Three officers were working traffic control at a West Houston construction site on the Katy Freeway eastbound feeder and Highway 6 around 5:15 a.m. when the incident occurred.

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Construction Accident At Stadium Injures 3

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A crane accident has hospitalized several construction workers at the Dallas Cowboys new stadium in Arlington.

Keith Cooper, with Manhattan Construction, said three people were injured Thursday when they were trying to assemble a crane, Dallas television station KXAS reported.

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H.S. Teacher & Coach Accused of Driving Drunk, Killing Woman

News 4 has confirmed a high school math teacher and baseball coach has been arrested for driving drunk and killing a woman.

The victim, Tamara Simpson, 29, was on her way home from work when police say she was hit and killed by a drunk driver. The man accused of driving drunk is Jose Castaneda, a math teacher and baseball coach at O'Connor High School.

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Fiery Crash Claims Life Of Central Texas Truck Driver

(June 11, 2008)—Bobby Cox, 61, of Gatesville died Tuesday in a fiery crash involving three 18-wheelers and a pickup truck on Highway 6 south of Calvert.

The accident occurred Tuesday when an 18-wheeler driven by Ronnie Bernard, 38, crossed the centerline of the highway, clipped a second rig and then hit a third 18-wheeler head on.

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Workers begin salvaging Cynthia Woods

GALVESTON — The Cynthia Woods was only 2 years old and in good condition when six members of the Texas A&M University at Galveston offshore sailing team left the island Friday afternoon in a 700 mile race to Veracruz, Mexico, officials say.

On Tuesday, salvage workers were preparing to tow the sailboat to an undisclosed location where investigators would try to determine from the wreckage what caused its keel to fall off, killing one crew member and sending five others adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for 26 hours.

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Firefighter Killed in Motorcycle-Vehicle Accident

A Houston firefighter is killed after his motorcycle crashes into a car along a southwest Houston road.

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Women Arrested After Slamming Truck into Animal Hospital

HOUSTON -- Two women face charges after their truck slammed into a Houston animal hospital overnight.

The accident happened at "The Cat Doctor" on Westheimer and Stanford just before 2 a.m. Thursday.

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Tejano singer Emilio had 0.19 blood alcohol level after crash, police report says

HOUSTON: Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit for driving when he crashed his tour bus on a freeway, according to a police report released Thursday.

No charges have been filed against Navaira, but a police report states that prosecutors believe the March 23 accident in suburban Houston warrants a charge of driving while intoxicated.

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Court should reverse self for workers’ sakes

The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider its ruling that gave companies new protection from liability for injuries to workers on their property who are not their employees. The court should reverse its earlier ruling because it has misapplied state law and given plant owners less incentive to maintain safe workplaces.

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Houston Valet Companies Have Employees With No Insurance, Licenses

It's a business the city of Houston is trying to control, but investigative reporter Amy Davis discovered a new city ordinance designed to protect you falls short, leaving some consumers at the curb with no car.

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2 in Houston killed in separate overnight hit-and-runs

Houston police are investigating a pair of fatal auto-pedestrian accidents in the city overnight.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, a suspected drunken driver struck and killed Edy Calderon, 31, in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 7600 block of Office City Drive, police said.

Cyclist Killed in Accident With Vehicle

Harris County Sheriff's investigators find a cyclist dead on the East Sam Houston Parkway after he is hit by a vehicle early Friday morning.

The accident took place at the 4800 block of East Sam Houston Parkway in east Harris County.

Houston Woman Dead After Rollover Accident

HOUSTON -- A 20-year-old woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving flipped onto its roof in north Harris County.

The accident happened just after 2 a.m. as she traveled on Kuykendahl Road near Demontrond Road.

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Driver Ejected, Killed in Collision with Exit Ramp Divider

HOUSTON -- Police say a man died shortly after being ejected and run over by his own pickup truck in a collision with a freeway guard rail.

The westbound lanes of the Sam Houston Tollway at Blackhawk were closed for several hours after the accident early Monday morning.

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Four Injured in Accident with Houston Police Officer

HOUSTON -- Four people, including two police officers, were sent to the hospital after a car accident in the 5500 block of Shepherd late Tuesday.

The road was closed in both directions just after 10:45 p.m.

Two Houston police officers in one squad car were responding to a call when they T-boned an older model Mercedes. A man in the Mercedes had to be extracted out of the car. A woman in the car was able to get out on her own.

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