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One person was killed and another was critically injured reports The San Antonio News in a fiery rollover early Monday on the city's west side.

Police said a pickup truck was speeding on the eastbound lanes of Highway 90 at Zarzamora around 5:30 a.m. when the driver lost control and hit some sand barrels. The truck then rolled and caught fire.

The driver was pulled from the wreckage but rescue crews could not get to the passenger.

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Two drivers are dead, after colliding head-on overnight on Highway 90 near General McMullen.The San Antonio News reported a passenger in one of the vehicles is now at Wilford Hall in serious condition.

Police say the driver of a mini-van was heading the wrong way down Highway 90 around 2:30 a.m. Friday. The van collided with a Ford Mustang. According to officers, both vehicles were traveling at least 65 miles per hour.

The drivers were both trapped and had to be cut out of their vehicles. Both died at the scene.

Officers are trying to determine why the van driver was going the wrong way. They say these are the 69th and 70th traffic fatalities of the year in San Antonio.

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The Houston Chronicle Reported, Sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatal accident that was in north Harris County that has blocked two right lanes on the southbound side of Interstate 45 North at Airtex.

Traffic is backed up at least to FM 1960, officers said.

The four-vehicle collision was reported at 5:36 a.m. Deputies said one fatality occurred, but there was no information on whether others were injured.

No details are yet available on how the accident occurred.

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This morning The Fort Worth News reports, A crash that killed a Fort Worth man and a Cleburne teen and injured 13 others Monday is a reminder of the danger of rollover accidents involving large passenger vans, traffic safety experts say.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued four warnings since 2001 — including one about a month ago — that 15-passenger vans are more likely to roll when fully loaded.

Officials usually issue the warnings during the summer, when travel is the heaviest, said Rae Tyson, a spokesman for the agency.

"The more passengers and luggage you load, the higher the center of gravity, the more likelihood you could be involved in a rollover," Tyson said. "We try to always put out a warning this time of year reminding people to take precautions."

A rear-tire blowout appeared to have caused the crash early Monday on Interstate 35 southwest of San Antonio, state authorities said. The 1995 van veered into the median, rolled and came to rest upside-down.

Edilberto Aguilar, 55, of Fort Worth and Jose Sanchez, 15, of Cleburne were killed. The 13 survivors were hospitalized; at least three had been discharged as of Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The family group was traveling to Mexico on vacation, authorities and neighbors said.

Sanchez would have been a freshman at Cleburne High School this fall, said Lisa Magers, a Cleburne school district spokeswoman.

Although school is not in session, she said, "We will be of any help or assistance to the family that we can in their time of sorrow."

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The Texas Law Firm of Fears | Nachawati continues its investigation concerning a potential Digitek and Digoxin lawsuit on behalf of people suffering from digitalis toxicity and other side effects including nausea, vomiting, dizziness, low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and possible death. The manufacturer and distributor of the defective drug include Actavis Totowa, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Bertek, and UDL Laboratories. The drug’s primary purpose is to treat conditions such as congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. However, a recent nationwide recall has been issued because of the possibility that Digoxin tablets may contain double the appropriate thickness in each tablet. In other words, some Digoxin pills contain two times the FDA approved level of active ingredient. The active ingredient in Digitek can cause digitalis toxicity, especially people suffering from renal failure. A Digitek overdose can also result in death. For legal help or free information or possible representation concerning the Digitek/Digoxin recall, contact the lawyers of Fears | Nachawati Law Firm at 1 (866) 705-7584 or by email at mn@fnlawfirm.com.

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The Dallas Morning News Reported, Two people are dead and 13 others are hospitalized , with injuries after the van they were riding to Mexico rolled over on Interstate 35 southwest of San Antonio.

Investigators suspect a blowout in the right rear tire in the crash about 3 a.m. Monday near the town of Natalia, said Lt. Steven Tellez, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman in San Antonio.

The crash scene is about 30 miles southwest of San Antonio. Tellez says the van was carrying 16 members of a Fort Worth-area family to Mexico for vacation when the crash happened.

Troopers say those killed were a 15-year-old boy and a male adult. The 14 others injured were taken to different San Antonio hospitals. Three were injured badly enough to be airlifted to hospitals.

No identities have been released. www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062408dntexvan.2f55ecc1.html

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The law firm of Fears | Nachawati is currently taking cases for individuals who have suffered injuries due to Digitek, also known as Digoxin. Recently, a drug manufacturer, Actavis Totowa LLC, a United States manufacturing division of the international generic pharmaceutical company Actavis Group, has initiated a Class I nationwide recall of Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP, all strengths) intended for oral use. The products are distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., under a "Bertek" label and by UDL Laboratories, Inc. under a "UDL" label. Actavis manufactures the products for Mylan and the products are distributed by Mylan and UDL under the Bertek and UDL labels. Bertek and UDL are affiliates of Mylan.

The nationwide recall is due to the possibility that tablets with double the appropriate thickness may have been commercially released. These tablets may contain twice the approved level of active ingredient than it appropriate.

Digitek is used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms. The existence of double strength tablets poses a risk of digitalis toxicity in patients with renal failure. Digitalis toxicity can cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness, low blood pressure, diarrhea, excessive urination, low blood pressure, swelling, abnormally slow heartbeat, heart palpitations, loss of appetite, cardiac instability and bradycardia. Death can also result from excessive Digitalis intake. Several reports of illnesses and injuries have been received.

If you or a loved one has been injured, hospitalized, or has lost their life due to digitalis toxicity, contact our law firm immediately to learn about your legal rights. Fears | Nachawati Law Firm, 1 (866) 705-7584 or by email at mn@fnlawfirm.com

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The Houston Chronicle Reported, Thirteen people were taken to hospitals this morning after a Metro bus collided with a minivan in Midtown and then veered into a car dealership's storage lot, crashing into possibly a dozen new BMWs and other vehicles.

The accident occurred shortly after 8 a.m. after the minivan ran a stop sign, according to witnesses.
"It was just a big old 'boom'" said Joseph Rivas, who works at a Texaco store nearby and saw the accident.
The bus was carrying 25 passengers as it headed north on San Jacinto, toward downtown, said Metro spokeswoman Raequel Roberts.

The drivers of both vehicles were among those taken to various hospitals, complaining of neck and back pain, Roberts said.

The bus smashed through a chain-link fence and struck at least a dozen new BMWs and some employees' vehicles on a storage lot for Advantage BMW.

Rivas, 50, said the minivan was westbound on Hadley when it ran a stop sign. The bus quickly swerved, he said, but it glanced off the front of the minivan and careened across the sidewalk and into the lot.

Employees at the car dealership, who did not give their names, said most of the new cars that were damaged were in the 300 and 500 series. The sticker on one car showed a price of about $75,000.

Max Stovall, a lawyer who said he was standing nearby when the accident occurred, said the noise from the impact was "tremendous."

"The bus snapped the fence like a piece of string," he said
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The San Antonio News Reported,  Police are searching for the driver who left his passenger behind following a wreck early Wednesday Morning.

Investigators say the driver of a SUV was speeding on Hwy. 281 near Jones Maltsberger Rd. just before 1am, then swerved into a construction zone and plowed right into the back of a parked dump-truck.

That passenger was pinned in the wreckage and had to be cut out. He was taken to University hospital and is in serious condition.

The SUV driver ran away from the crash, and is now facing charges. No one else was hurt.

www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx

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A man was injured early Tuesday when his pickup crashed into a barricade at the entrance of the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth.

Around 2:30 a.m. a pickup approached the front gate and hit a concrete barricade, company spokesman Joe Stout said.

“We have concrete barricades that create a snake-like path that restricts people from coming into the plant without authorization, Mr. Stout said.

The injured man was taken to a nearby hospital. No security officers were injured during the crash.
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/061808dnmetlockheed.106a727a.html

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