As a man involved in an accident left the scene he ended up smashing into two other parked vehicles, and he admitted to police that he got high on PCP before getting behind the wheel. It had to have happened in another state, right? Nope, right here in East Texas.
Two persons were killed Thursday night when a Mount Pleasant school bus returning from a track meet in Paris, Texas was involved in a 3-vehicle collision on Highway 271.
A hot air balloon caught fire early Saturday near the city of Lockhart, TX. At least 16 people are feared dead after the incident, according to officials.
According to a release from the Lufkin Police Department, officers are currently working an accident on Loop 287 near the George H. Henderson Exposition Center that will likely slow traffic into the afternoon.
UPDATE (8/10/15 9:10 AM): Initial reports stated that the airplane that crashed was meant to carry a banner to prank the Dallas Cowboys, but that has been found to be false.
While there was indeed a fatal crash at the same airport, witnesses say it was an airplane carrying a Bud Light banner that crashed. The pilot who was supposed to carry the prank banner was scheduled to leave the airport later
Last Thursday's bridge collapse on I-35 between Dallas and Austin had drivers taking a detour through Salado that added at least 30 minutes to the trip. One person died in the accident. And now there are more details about what might have caused it.