Houston Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

The Baumgartner law firm offers a free consultation to personal injury victims who have suffered serious injury or have lost a loved one in an unexpected accident. This is an opportunity for victims to have their questions answered without obligation or cost by a successful Houston personal injury attorney and discuss the potential of a case.

Potential clients invariably find this initial consultation extremely beneficial even in situations where they decide to pursue a claim themselves.

For victims with serious injuries home and hospital consultations are available. Many accident victims come to our Houston office while other times the initial consultation takes place by telephone.

We also invite e-mail questions and consultations if that is more convenient for a potential client.

If you are loved one have been injured in an accident and have questions call the Baumgartner law firm to discuss your legal options. Our telephones are manned 24 hours a day seven days a week for your convenience.

A free case review is often very enlightening to victims particularly if they have never had an injury claim before. Before you give a statement or deal with an adjuster call the Baumgartner law firm.

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Conroe is a microcosm of the greater Texas area - and the U.S.A. at large. By that I mean that accidents happen on a regular basis, and they are no different in nature, cause and result than those across the country. Let us consider some of the accidents that occurred in Conroe over the last month.

At the beginning of September reports indicate a 56-year-old man left the scene of an accident and was later apprehended. It turned out he was alleged to have been driving while intoxicated. Charges are pending.

Several days later, it was reported that on September 12th at 1 a.m. an Explorer carrying middle aged couple left the roadway and struck 2 trees before coming to a stop. It took an hour and a half to cut them out of the vehicle. They were transported in critical condition to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile two days later, the tractor of a 77-year-old farmer who was plowing stopped midfield. The farmer used jumper cables attached to a second vehicle to restart the tractor, however, he had apparently forgotten to put the tractor in park when it died so as the engine came to life it rolled over him. Despite the best efforts of emergency medical personnel, he expired.

Meanwhile, more accidents occurred over the next couple days.

One from a 26 year old female who was suspected of a DUI and the gentlemen involved in the Sept. 12th accident sadly died as a result of his injuries.

The citizens of Conroe rounded out the month with another DUI arrest of a 65 year old man who had passed out behind the wheel while sitting in a traffic jam.

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It is difficult to imagine a more devastating event than a semi truck accident that causes physical injury or fatalities.

Yet for many Houstonians this has become their living nightmare. All too often these collisions could be prevented if drivers would approach driving as if it were a job that required their full attention - particularly in times of inclement weather.

In fact, when roads are icy the chance of a driver losing control of their semi tractor trailer and careening out of control rises exponentially.

Let us consider a semi truck accident that recently occurred under these very conditions on a Houston highway.

According to the Houston Police Department an eighteen wheeler was traveling a local highway around midnight several weeks ago when it hit an icy patch causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.

The vehicle slid and eventually landed on top of a pickup truck. This led to subsequent collisions and before it was over five vehicles and two semi trucks became part of this massive pile up.

The driver of the original semi truck was the only fatality.

Icy and wet pavement and continued driving in hazardous conditions are one of the leading causes of semi truck accidents.

Drivers, even professional ones, tend to be overly confident in the circumstances that actually call for greater caution.

18-wheeler truck drivers should always be cognizant that collisions for which they are responsible can result in lengthy and expensive litigation - and the loss of their jobs.

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Sadly, a Conroe team lost his life Friday in a one car accident. The teen was a passenger in a vehicle in which the driver lost control and crashed through a fence and a board smashed through the windshield killing the young man.

Fortunately, the driver survived the crash which totaled the car.

Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the accident and preliminary reports are that excessive speed may have played a role.

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