Fatal Accident

Safety Council: Traffic Deaths Surged In 2012

Traffic fatalities surged 5 percent last year, according to an analysis of preliminary state data, putting an end to a seven-year decline in which the number of annual traffic deaths reached their lowest level in more than six decades.

2013/02/19

Autopsy Determines Dallas Cowboys Player’s Cause Of Death

The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed and released the autopsy results on Dallas Cowboys practice squad member Jerry Brown Jr., who was killed in a December 8 crash along Highway 114 in Irving.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/01/03

Memorial bulletin for Dallas Cowboys player Jerry Brown, killed in an Irving car crash. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Cowboys’ Brent Attends Memorial For Player Killed In Crash

The Dallas Cowboys paid tribute to Jerry Brown at a private memorial on Tuesday that included Josh Brent, the player charged with intoxication manslaughter in the one-car accident that killed his teammate.

2012/12/11

Tire tracks mark up a road. (credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

5 Children Killed In I-20 SUV Rollover

A single vehicle accident in Van Zandt County has left five children dead and nearly half a dozen other, adults and children, injured.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/08/20

I-35W Traffic Slowdown Ends With Deadly Semi Crash

A deadly wreck snarled traffic on Fort Worth’s South Freeway Thursday morning.

2012/07/26

The scene of a fatal hit and run accident in Fort Worth on July 22, 2012. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Fort Worth Fatal Hit-And-Run Driver Still Sought

The Fort Worth Police Department is again asking for the public’s help finding the driver responsible for killing a 26-year-old man and fleeing.

2012/07/23

A photo of a fatal wrong-way crash in Southlake. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Deadly Wrong-Way Crash Closes State Highway

Police are investigating a fatal wrong-way crash in Southlake. The incident happened just after 1:30 a.m. on State Highway 114, near Kimball Avenue.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/07/16

A female pedestrian trying to cross northwest Highway in Dallas is hit and killed by a cement truck. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Woman Crossing Highway Hit & Killed By Cement Truck

A deadly accident in Dallas Monday morning, after a woman trying to cross Northwest Highway at Preston was struck and killed by a cement truck.

2012/07/02

Fatal Motorcycle Accident Leaves One Dead

A man is dead after a fatal motorcycle accident in Haltom City.

2012/03/31

Witnesses said that a Dallas car crash was the result of street racing on November 29, 2011. (credit: KTVT/KTXA)

After 2 Deaths, DPD Has New Street Racing Warnings

Drag racing teens have been around as long as cars have been on the road. But Dallas police say they are alarmed at the increasing number of drag racing accidents involving death or injury.

2012/01/11