A police officer from McAllen, Texas has been released from the hospital after suffering non-life threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash, police said.

The officer was released from McAllen Medical Center about noon Tuesday, said McAllen police Chief Victor Rodriguez. The injured officer received stitches for several head wounds.

“It was a very serious accident,” Rodriguez said. “We were very fortunate to know that his injuries were not life-threatening.”

Jose P. Gonzalez was taken to the hospital shortly after the crash about 7:30 a.m., said Sgt. Joel Morales, a McAllen police spokesman.

The motorcycle collided with another vehicle at the intersection of 23rd Street and Ebony Road. Officials expect an accident report to be completed in the next few days, Morales said.

Officials do not yet know which driver was as fault.

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North Richland Hills police are investigating whether street racing caused an accident that sent two people to the hospital this morning.

A truck and another vehicle were traveling westbound in the 8700 block of State Highway 183 near Hurst just before 2:30 a.m., when the truck’s driver struck a third vehicle, said police investigator Larry Irving. The truck then veered off the highway and hit a tree. The driver of the second vehicle continued westbound after the accident.

“We cannot say for sure that they were racing, but we are looking into it to see if racing is going to be a factor,” he said.

The truck’s driver, a 23-year-old Keller man, was taken to a nearby hospital and listed in critical condition. The driver who was struck was treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries, police said. Their identities were not released by authorities.

The accident shut down the westbound lanes of State Highway 183 for several hours.

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Police say a man who was struck by a vehicle in a Rosenberg intersection was not following cross walk signals at the time of the accident.

Pedro Pineda was walking along Avenue D on Tuesday morning when he tried to cross the street at Houston.

Witnesses told police the signals at the intersection instructed the man to not cross at that time. Pineda dodged one vehicle before being struck by a pickup truck.

He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

A child was among three Honey Grove people killed in a single-car wreck on Monday morning, a half-mile east of Dodd City.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Carmen Barker’s report, Donna Sivils, 43, was traveling on State Highway 56. About 10:45 a.m., her 2003 Toyota Camry entered a curve on the highway at an unsafe speed and the right tires went off the pavement. Ms. Sivils overcorrected to the left and the car crossed both lanes of traffic. She again overcorrected back to the right and, again, the car left the pavement on the right side, according to Barker’s report. It struck a tree and came to a stop facing east, leaning against the tree.

Ms. Sivils, passenger Eva Johnson, 39, and a 3-year-old child were all pronounced dead at the scene.

Barker’s report states that neither adult wore seat belts and the child was not in a child-safety seat.

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety wants to raise the minimum driving age and keep teens from getting their licenses until they are 17 or 18 years old.

The groups reports car accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers and are calling on states to raise the driving age.

The push comes after research from New Jersey where deadly crashes involving teens have went down after the driving age was changed to 17.

While it may be bad news for teens anxious to get behind the wheel, one man tells KFOX he agrees with the concept.

“I was 16 at one time too, and I would have been totally against it, but now that I’m older, knowing what I know there is a lot more they are going to learn–especially if they get into their accident and loose their life then they won’t learn anything,” said Jesse Salado.

According to the National Highway Administration 16 year olds are 10 times as likely to be involved in an accident compared to drivers 30 to 59 years old.

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Waco police say a Toyota 4-Runner with two China Spring teens crossed State Highway 6 and collided head-on with a pickup Sunday night and not the other way around as police had initially reported in the hours after the deadly accident.

A Waco couple in their 60s and two 17-year-olds from China Spring were killed in the collision on Highway 6 near Bosque Boulevard.

Police said this afternoon that the accident happened when a Toyota 4-Runner with the two China Spring High School students crossed Highway 6 for an unknown reason and struck a 1994 extended-cab Chevrolet pickup head-on. Although originally police thought the pickup had instead crossed into oncoming traffic, in the daylight, officers changed their report after examining damage on the vehicles, said Waco police spokesman Steve Anderson.

The driver of the pickup has been identified as Richard Howeth, 66, and the passenger was his wife, Mary Howeth, 67, both from Waco, according to a release from police spokesman Steve Anderson.

The driver of the Toyota has been identified as Samantha Buis, 17, and the passenger was Donovan Rodriguez, 17. Both were listed as being from China Spring.

According to the release, officers and emergency personnel from Waco Police Department, McLennan County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety, Waco Fire Department and East Texas Medical Center responded around 8:25 p.m. to the accident in the 1000 block of West State Highway 6.

The vehicles were found in the eastbound lanes, the release said. The driver and passenger of the pickup were still in their vehicle while the driver and passenger of the Toyota had been ejected. All occupants were pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Kristi DeCluitt.

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One driver is in guarded condition at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after he sustained injuries Monday morning in a two-vehicle wreck. The condition of the second driver, taken to Methodist Hospital, also in Dallas, is unknown.

About 11:30 a.m., Doyal Ray Shewbirt Jr., 50, of Princeton was driving a Ford F-450 truck that pulled a gooseneck trailer carrying a trencher, west on FM 121. He went under the U.S. Highway 75 overpass, then failed to stop for the traffic light, said Van Alstyne Police Officer Chad Vessels.

At that time, Jackie Nelosn of Dorchester was driving south on the west U.S. 75 frontage road in a 1994 Honda Accord. Vessels said he, too, entered the intersection. The Ford struck the Honda, pushing it southwest to where it stopped with its wheels on the paved curb. The Ford then traveled into the oncoming traffic lane and went down the grassy slope, knocking down traffic signs along the way.

Van Alstyne EMS sent two ambulances and Van Alstyne police had help from Howe police and passersby with traffic control. One man held Nelson secure inside his vehicle while firefighters used saws to break through the door and rescue him. The other team attended to Shewbirt, who remained inside his vehicle until EMS laid him onto a stretcher.

Both LifeStar and CareFlite air ambulances set down at Grayson County College, where Van Alstyne EMS met them. Nelson was flown to Parkland Hospital and Shewbirt to Methodist Hospital.

Nelson went into surgery quickly at Parkland, said family members, and was in surgery for several hours with considerable internal injuries. He had been transferred to a room late Monday evening.

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Houston police are investigating a fatal hit and run accident in the 6200 block of Windswept about 8:15 p.m. on Sunday (September 7).

The male victim, a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity is pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office.

HPD Vehicular Crimes Division Sergeant J. Chambers and Officer R. Kessler reported:

The driver of a white Toyota pickup was traveling eastbound on Windswept when the vehicle went off the roadway, struck a fire hydrant, a street sign and then the victim. The driver of the Toyota then fled the scene on foot.

It is unknown at this time if the victim was on the sidewalk or in the street.

Anyone with information on this case is urged to call the HPD Hit and Run Division at 713-247-4065.

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Two people are people are behind bars after Brownsville, Texas police learned they allegedly tried to cover up an serious accident involving two children waiting for a school bus.

The 6-year-old girl has a broken leg, while her 7-year-old male friend is injured much more seriously.

Both are expected to survive but the the boy had to be taken to the Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi due to the extent of his injuries.

Brownsville police say the driver Yessenia Hernandez knew the children but nonetheless left them lying hurt in the parking lot of an unnamed apartment complex off the 400 block of Galveston Road.

Both Hernandez and her friend Luis Garcia are charged with trying to cover up the crash.

Neighbor Jennifer McFall told Action 4 News that she knew something went wrong at her neighbor’s upstairs apartment Friday morning.

“I heard a whole bunch of commotion going up and down the stairs, I didn’t know exactly what was going on,” McFall said.

She went outside to see her 7-year-old neighbor laying in the parking lot.

“There was a mother debating whether or not she should take the kid to the hospital, at the same time, the kid just didn’t want to move,” McFall said.

Somewhere in all the commotion, someone called police.

“Originally it was a call of a medical emergency,” said Sgt. Jimmy Manrrique with the Brownsville Police Department.

But officers quickly learned something else left two children hurt at their bus stop.

They blame the mother’s friend, Yesenia Hernandez.

“She was pulling into the parking lot of the apartment complex,” Manrrique said. “She actually struck and ran over both kids as they were waiting for their bus.”

Manrrique said Hernandez’s roommate Luis Garcia allegedly helped her load the 6-year-old girl in the car.

They left the 7-year-old boy on the ground and took off.

Garcia’s now facing charges of hindering an investigation.

Hernandez is charged with accident involving injury and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police said Hernandez, Garcia and the childrens’ mothers all know each other and live in the same apartment complex.

But for neighbors like McFall, the entire situation is just hard to believe.

“I didn’t even know that the kid got hit until you mentioned it was a hit and run,” she said.

But now both kids are recovering from the frightening morning at the bus stop.  The little boy is hurt pretty badly.

“He does have extensive injuries, fractured hips, a lacerated liver and a punctured right lung,” Manrrique said.

Their parents’ friends are facing serious charges.

“Its a shame that the child did get hit,” said McFall.

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Robert Wright bought his beloved high-performance motorcycle a few months ago. It seemed only fitting when his longtime friend Derek Smith bought a bike, too.

The recent L.D. Bell High School graduates set off for a ride together Thursday night, but their plans ended in tragedy when both 18-year-olds were killed after crashing one after the other and falling about 34 feet off a highway overpass in Irving.

Longtime friends Robert Wright (left) and Derek Smith were killed in Irving, Texas when they crashed their motorcycles on an exit ramp from State Highway 161 to State Highway 183 in Irving. According to Irving police, Mr. Wright of North Richland Hills and Mr. Smith of Bedford were riding south on State Highway 161 about 10:30 p.m. and took the exit ramp to go west on State Highway 183 when Mr. Smith lost control of his 2008 Suzuki GSX-R 600 bike and hit a wall. The impact threw him over a retaining wall.

Mr. Wright, traveling behind him on his 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 636, hit Mr. Smith’s motorcycle, and also was thrown over the wall.

Robbie Wright, Mr. Wright’s father, on Friday described his son as an experienced and safe motorcyclist.

“They were just having fun,” he said. “They weren’t doing the crazy bike crap.”

Alex Levee, 17, who went to high school with both men, said Mr. Smith bought his bike just four days before the crash. She saw him working on the bike Thursday afternoon.

“Derek was like a teddy bear,” she said. “He was so sweet and so nice.”

Irving police spokesman David Tull said Friday that speed may have been a factor in the accident, but he didn’t know how fast the men were traveling. He said Mr. Wright may have been too close to Mr. Smith’s motorcycle to react quickly when Mr. Smith hit the wall.

Robbie Wright said his son, known as Brad, was wearing a helmet, but it could not protect him after he fell from the overpass.

“He was an experienced rider that just got stuck in a bad place,” Robbie Wright said.

Mr. Smith’s family could not be reached for comment.

Robbie Wright said his son and Mr. Smith had been high school classmates and became friends years ago.

L.D. Bell principal Jim Bannister said Friday that they were well-liked in the senior class. He described Mr. Smith as a reserved student who also had a comical side. Mr. Wright was more outgoing, he said.

“They were great kids,” Mr. Bannister said. “They will be sorely missed. They were just enjoying post-high school life.”

Friends said Mr. Smith was attending classes at Tarrant County College. Robbie Wright said his son also was taking classes there and eventually planned to open an automobile repair shop.

“He loved working on cars,” Robbie Wright said. “He loved horsepower. He loved cars. He had his whole life in front of him.”