by Eric Ramos
Last week, temperatures across Texas plunged, causing a sharp increase in energy usage that shut down the state’s power grid. More than 30 deaths have now been attributed to the cold crisis and resulting power outage, including a grandmother and three children who...
The San Antonio Fire Department dispatched engine 34 to a call earlier the week. However, in transit, they crossed an overpass on the North Loop 1604 access road. Unfortunately, the road was icy, and sent the engine sliding backwards down an embankment. After...
Trucking companies and suppliers are often motivated to overload trucks as it saves them time and money. However, it is a practice that can also make trucks deadly. The average semi-truck can weigh as much as five times a standard passenger vehicle. In this sense,...
A San Antonio couple is looking for a new place to live after a high-speed chase ended in their bedroom. Texas DPS troopers report that the high-speed chase led them to Pasadena Street, where the truck lost control and plowed into the couple’s home. The...
18-wheelers can weigh up to 80,000 pounds when carrying cargo; that is roughly five times the weight of an average passenger vehicle. Without an alert driver, a truck is like a ticking time-bomb on the highway, and there is no limit to the catastrophic damage that can...
A San Antonio man was crushed by a big rig in what witnesses described as a ‘freak accident,’ earlier this week. According to witnesses, the man, who was an employee of the company that owned the big rig, was adding air to the tires while the truck was parked. It is...
A resident of San Antonio has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office as the driver of the 18-wheeler involved in a fiery crash last week. The man was traveling north into San Antonio on I-37, driving an 18-wheeler loaded with molasses, when he...
Authorities reported earlier this week that an 18-wheeler Amazon delivery truck had fallen off the northeast side of N Loop 1604 near Lookout Road shortly before 5:00 a.m. A recent article reports that it is unclear what caused the accident. According to the article,...
A large 18-wheeler truck, belonging to a bee-removal business, overturned on I-10 West earlier this week, unleashing a massive swarm of bees in downtown San Antonio. The truck was reportedly carrying as many as 10 million bees in at least 400 beehives at the time of...